Peperomia gedehana
A small, poorly known epiphytic Peperomia described from the old-growth forest of Mount Gede in West Java, where it grows on decaying wood and tree roots. It has slender stems about 2 mm thick and alternate, narrow egg-shaped leaves up to 2 cm long with three prominent veins. Almost nothing is published about its ecology, so these care targets are inferred from the montane forest of Gede-Pangrango and should be treated as a starting point.
Where it grows wild
The original collection was from primeval forest on Mount Gede, growing on rotting wood and on tree roots near the forest floor. This suggests a shaded, constantly moist microhabitat in montane rainforest.
No altitude is recorded. The primary forest of Mount Gede lies mostly above about 1,400 m, so it is most likely a montane plant, but this is an inference rather than a record.
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