Peperomia multiformis
A tiny creeping Peruvian peperomia named for its two leaf forms: round 5 mm leaves on the runners and larger obovate to elliptic leaves on the ascending shoots. It grows on the ground or as an epiphyte in wet forest of San MartÃn and Amazonas, and wild records span an unusually wide 1580–2790 m. Very little is published about its ecology, so treat it as a cool-intermediate, humid terrarium plant.
Where it grows wild
A delicate, filiform-stemmed herb of wet tropical and montane forest that creeps along the ground or over mossy bark before its branches turn upward. It was described from near Tarapoto, and later collections come from the Los Chilchos valley and the Leymebamba district on the eastern Andean slopes.
Three wild records with elevations sit at 1583 m (Los Chilchos, San MartÃn) and 2791 m (Leymebamba, Amazonas). The old type from 'near Tarapoto' has no elevation; the town lies near 350 m but the surrounding hills are higher.
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