Peperomia tetraquetra

A small, cool-growing Peperomia from Andean cloud forest in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, recorded at about 2,000–3,400 m. It is a hemiepiphytic subshrub of wet, mossy forest remnants and ravines. Unlike lowland peperomias it needs cool nights and constant humidity, which suits a cool terrarium.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows on mossy trunks, rocks and banks in very humid montane and cloud forest, including forest remnants and wet ravines along streams and irrigation channels.

GBIF specimens with elevations range from about 2,000 to 3,400 m, with a median around 3,000 m; the type was collected at about 2,790 m in Lara, Venezuela.

Ecuador: Pichincha, Carchi and the eastern Andean slopesColombia: AntioquiaVenezuela: Lara, Mérida, Táchira, Zulia

🔒 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.