Peperomia tenuipila
A little-known Peperomia from the mountains of New Guinea, described by Casimir de Candolle and known mainly from old herbarium collections. Label data place it in lower montane forest at roughly 1000–2600 m, so treat it as a cool, humid, shade-loving terrarium plant. Almost nothing species-specific is published about its habit, so care here is built from its collection sites and from montane Peperomia in general.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels come from the Schraderberg and Lordberg (Ledermann's 1912–13 collections), Mt Giluwe, the Eastern Highlands and Madang Province, one of them from tall lower montane forest with Cryptocarya and Caldcluvia on rich humic soil. Montane New Guinea Peperomia typically grow as small epiphytes or on mossy banks, logs and rocks in the forest understory; the growth form of this species is not recorded on the labels we saw.
Labelled elevations run from 1000 m to about 2590 m, with several collections at 2070 m.
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