Peperomia majalis

A medium-sized arboreal Peperomia from montane forest on the Pichis Trail in Junín, central Peru, known only from the 1929 type collection at 1700–1900 m. It has ovate, sometimes near-peltate leaves 6–10 cm long with fine hairs on the margins, and paired spikes. Treat it as a cool-to-intermediate cloud-forest epiphyte.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Killip and Smith collected it at Dos de Mayo on the Pichis Trail, which crosses the humid eastern Andean slope. Trelease calls it arboricolous, meaning it grows on trees.

The type was collected at 1700–1900 m (recorded as 1800 m). No other collections are known.

Peru: Junín (Pichis Trail, Dos de Mayo)

🔒 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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