Peperomia pellucidopunctulata
A Philippine peperomia named for its translucent-dotted leaves. It is known from a handful of collections in Luzon and from ridge forest at about 1100 m on Mt Mantalingahan in Palawan, where the collector noted reddish stems and yellowish-green spikes. It is a submontane forest plant, best grown in a warm-to-intermediate humid terrarium. Growth habit and habitat details are barely recorded.
Where it grows wild
It was found in ridge forest on Mt Mantalingahan in southern Palawan at 1100 m, and along the Her-it River in Camarines Sur, Luzon, at about 975 m. Old labels also mention Mt Mayon and Baguio, so it seems to favour humid submontane forest. Whether it grows on the ground, on rocks or on trees is not recorded.
Specimen elevations are 975 m (Her-it River, Luzon) and 1100 m (Mt Mantalingahan, Palawan). The Baguio record suggests it may reach 1300–1500 m in northern Luzon. Our wild records carry no elevation.
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