Peperomia plurispica
A little-known Andean Peperomia from Huánuco in central Peru, described by Trelease in 1936 from Macbride's 1923 collections near Mito at about 2550–2830 m. It is an ascending, stoloniferous herb with hairy stems, small elliptic leaves in whorls of four or five, and many long thread-like flower spikes (hence the name). Almost nothing is recorded about its ecology beyond one label, so treat it as a cool, bright, highland plant and watch how it responds.
Where it grows wild
The only habitat note is on Macbride's specimen from Cani, north-east of Mito: half-erect in a canyon thicket. This is the upper Huallaga valley, where ravine thickets and scrub sit in a seasonally dry inter-Andean landscape; Kew classes it as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb of the wet tropical biome.
Known from about 2550 m (type) to 2828 m on the Macbride labels; no modern records.
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