Peperomia tlapacoyoensis
Peperomia tlapacoyoensis is a creeping or trailing Peperomia from Mexico and northern Central America, with very thick, fleshy, shiny, pointed leaves on stems up to about 1 m long that root at the nodes. Collectors found it creeping over limestone boulders, cliffs and tree trunks in shaded tropical forest, often in seasonally dry forest. It is a forgiving, semi-succulent trailer that wants shade, warmth and a drier spell between waterings.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe it creeping on rocks and trees in dense forest over sharp limestone boulders, climbing on rocks in deep shade near a streamlet, and very abundant on steep rocky banks in barrancas. The forests are mostly tropical subdeciduous (partly leafless in the dry season) with Brosimum, Hura, Ficus and Bursera, and there are a few records of it as an epiphyte in Belize.
Specimens with elevation run from 24 to 1150 m, median about 550 m (15 records). Most are from 500–900 m on foothill slopes.
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