Peperomia tolimensis
A large, wide-spreading Colombian peperomia described by Trelease and Yuncker in 1950 from Pennell's collection at La Virginia near Líbano, Tolima. It has rigid stems 3–4 mm thick, upward-arching branches to 25 cm or more, and elliptic, five-nerved leaves 5–10 cm long. It is known from very few specimens, at about 1200–1500 m in the Central Cordillera, so these targets are inferred from its elevation.
Where it grows wild
Humid premontane forest on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central in Tolima, in what is now largely coffee-growing country. It is recorded as an epiphyte; the specimen labels give no further microhabitat.
Published elevation range is 1200–1500 m; the type label at Líbano gives 1200–1500 m (3937–4921 ft). A later specimen from the Páramo de Anaime at 3800 m is far above this and may be misidentified.
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