Peperomia tomentella
A Colombian epiphytic peperomia with fairly large (6–9 cm), broadly elliptic, seven-veined leaves and densely hairy stems; the leaves feel velvety along the veins beneath. The few wild collections come from the very wet Pacific Chocó region, where it grows as an epiphyte in forest. Treat it as a warm, shade-loving plant for a humid terrarium.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte in humid forest, including secondary forest, in the Chocó of western Colombia, one of the wettest regions on Earth. One label describes a herb about 30 cm tall.
Wikipedia gives 1200–1500 m, but the dated Chocó specimens with elevations are lowland (about 280 m on the upper Río Baudó, and near sea level around Nuquí). Our measured wild records carry no elevation.
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