Peperomia tenae
An Ecuadorian Peperomia named after the town of Tena, where it was first collected in 1935 in dense forest at about 400 m. It is known from the Amazonian foothills of Napo, Pastaza and Orellana, a warm, very wet lowland rainforest climate with no real dry season. Growers should give it warm, humid, shaded conditions and a light, airy mix.
Where it grows wild
The type specimens were collected in dense forest near Tena, and later herbarium and field records come from forest in the Napo and Pastaza foothills, including an ethnobotanical park in Puyo. Its growth habit is not well documented; like most small Amazonian Peperomia it probably grows in shade on the forest floor, logs or low trunks.
Specimens with elevations are from 400–600 m in the eastern Andean foothills and adjacent Amazon lowland. A 1935 isotype labelled from Pilaguín in Tungurahua, at over 3000 m, is almost certainly a locality error.
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