Peperomia seleri
A probably tuberous, rock-dwelling Peruvian peperomia with long-stalked, peltate, hairless leaves about 6.5 cm long. Most of its specimens come from the fog-fed lomas of the desert coast around Lima, where it grows on stones and in rock crevices; one collection comes from the Andes below Tarma at 2550 m. Grow it as a seasonal plant: cool, misty and moist while in leaf, then dry and dormant through a warm, sunny summer.
Where it grows wild
Specimens from Lomas de Pachacamac and Amancaes near Lima were collected 'on rocks and in crevices' and 'on stones in loma vegetation'. Lomas are islands of vegetation on coastal hills that live on the winter garúa fog and dry out in summer. A tuberous, rock-crevice peperomia fits that pattern: it leafs out in the foggy season and dies back to its tuber when the hills dry. A second population grows on the inter-Andean slopes below Tarma in JunÃn.
Coastal lomas records sit at about 200–600 m (Pachacamac specimen at 195 m); the JunÃn collection below Tarma is from 2550 m.
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