Peperomia ficta

A robust, clump-forming, creeping succulent epiphyte known only from the type collection near La Merced, in the Chanchamayo valley of central Peru. Trelease described it with leaves usually in threes, rounded-elliptic, 3–4 cm long, hard and rolled under when dry. Almost nothing else is recorded, so treat it as a warm-intermediate, mounted epiphyte from submontane forest.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Collected in 1929 by Killip and Smith in dense forest east of the Quimiri Bridge near La Merced, on the eastern Andean slope. Trelease calls it epiphytic, creeping and cespitose (clump-forming), with stems 2–4 mm thick.

The type was collected at 800–1300 m (recorded as 1050 m). No other collections are known.

Peru: Junín (Chanchamayo, near La Merced)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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