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Peperomia plicatifolia

A small Peruvian Peperomia with slender runners, narrow lance-shaped leaves only about 15 mm long and 4–5 mm wide, pleated along their length, and 30 mm flower spikes. William Trelease described it in 1936 from Killip and Smith's collection at Puerto Bermúdez at 375 m. It is a warm lowland plant, but little else about its ecology is recorded.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Lowland moist forest in the Amazon foothills, where it grows as a small herb either on the ground or as an epiphyte, spreading by stolons and turning upward to flower.

The type was collected at 375 m, in warm lowland forest at the foot of the Andes.

Peru

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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.