Peperomia hunteriana
A small, hairy peperomia from the upland Wet Tropics of north Queensland. It stands up to about 10 cm tall, with reddish-haired stems and densely hairy, succulent leaves up to 26 mm long, usually in whorls of three. It grows on moss-covered rocks in shaded rainforest, mostly around 1100-1500 m. Treat it as a cool-to-intermediate terrarium plant: humid, shaded and never waterlogged.
Where it grows wild
It grows on moss-covered rocks and rocky outcrops within or next to rainforest and microphyll vine forest, sometimes as an epiphyte. These are shaded, moist, sheltered sites in upland cloud-influenced forest.
GBIF elevations run from 160 to 1520 m, with a median of 1200 m (27 records). The rainforest key gives 160-1520 m, and Wikipedia says about 1100-1520 m. Most plants are upland, around 1100-1500 m.
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