Peperomia pubinervosa

A little-known Peruvian Peperomia described by Trelease in 1936 from the Río Paucartambo valley near the Perené bridge in Junín, where Killip and Smith collected it in 1929 growing on moist rocks at about 700 m. Almost nothing has been published on it since, so the growing advice here is inferred from that single locality and from similar rock-dwelling Andean peperomias.

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 on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

The only specimens were collected on moist rocks in the humid premontane forest of the Chanchamayo–Perené valley, on the eastern Andean slope. This points to a shaded, damp, rocky microhabitat such as a stream bank or wet rock face.

All three GBIF specimens (the type collection) are from about 700 m.

Peru

🔒 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.