Peperomia terebinthina
A small epiphytic Peperomia endemic to the humid mountains of northern Madagascar, especially Montagne d'Ambre. It has succulent elliptic leaves with purplish-red undersides that smell of turpentine and aniseed when crushed. It grows on mossy branches in cool, misty evergreen forest, so it suits a humid terrarium with gentle light and mild, never hot, temperatures.
Where it grows wild
It grows as an epiphyte on moss-covered branches and trunks, often about 2 m above the ground, in dense, humid evergreen forest on upper slopes and crater floors. Plants in more exposed spots grow more compact and succulent.
Records range from about 880 to 1,440 m, with a median of about 1,350 m, in the montane forest of Montagne d'Ambre and the Andapa area.
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