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Peperomia paradoxa

A Peperomia of Ecuador's eastern Andean slopes, recorded near Baños in the Pastaza valley and in Carchi, where it grows as an epiphyte in moss on bark. It needs cool-intermediate, very humid conditions like other cloud-forest Peperomia.

Peperomia paradoxa
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

One collection from the Pastaza valley was epiphytic on bark in moss. Another, from Carchi at 3050 m, was a herb along a stream in deep shade with red stems and erect red spikes.

Recorded at 1250–3050 m, median 1650 m.

Ecuador

🔒 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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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.