Peperomia obex
A rather large, branched, creeping-then-upright Peperomia from Huánuco in central Peru, described by Trelease in 1936. It has alternate, lance-ovate leaves 3–5 cm long with five veins and black glands, and grows on the ground or on trees. Very little is known about it in the wild, so the care targets are broad estimates for the humid eastern Andean foothills.
Where it grows wild
It is known from humid forest in Huánuco, as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb that spreads by runners and then turns upright. No habitat notes survive on the specimens in GBIF.
No altitudes are recorded. One specimen is from the Tingo María area, at roughly 650 m in the Huallaga valley; the type is from Muña, a higher locality in the same department. It is therefore likely a foothill to lower montane plant.
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