Peperomia hodgei

A small, almost stemless succulent Peperomia from wet lowland rainforest in Panama and north-western Colombia, with rounded heart-shaped leaves 4–7 cm long on long stalks. It is known from very few records and there is almost no cultivation information, so the care below is generalised from lowland rainforest Peperomia.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A terrestrial herb, sometimes recorded as epiphytic, in wet tropical rainforest, presumably on the shaded forest floor, banks or low on trunks and logs.

Recorded from 15 to 800 m, with a median of 152 m (9 records); literature gives 150–400 m in Colombia.

PanamaNorth-western Colombia (Chocó and Antioquia area)

🔒 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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