Peperomia tetraphylla

Acorn peperomia

The acorn or four-leaved peperomia is a small creeping, mat-forming herb with tiny round, fleshy leaves in whorls of three or four. It is one of the most widespread peperomias, found across the tropics and subtropics, usually as an epiphyte on mossy trees, logs and wet rocks in humid evergreen forest, often at mid to high elevations. It suits a humid terrarium with bright shade and moderate temperatures.

Peperomia tetraphylla — Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

It grows in wet evergreen forest as an epiphyte on tree trunks and fallen logs, and on wet rocks, rocky knolls and grassy stream banks. The Flora of China records it on wet rocks and dead trees along streams.

600-3,100 m in China. Elsewhere it reaches lower down, but it is mostly a plant of cool, humid hill and montane forest.

Tropical and subtropical AfricaTropical and subtropical AsiaAustraliaPacific islandsCentral AmericaSouth AmericaMexico

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.