Peperomia tricolor
A striking Peruvian peperomia with rhombic-ovate leaves about 4–5 cm long, green with white veins above and red-black speckling beneath, carried on slender, ascending stems. It grows as an epiphyte, sometimes on fallen dead trees, in tall humid forest in the eastern Andean foothills at roughly 350–930 m. Grow it warm, shaded and humid in a terrarium.
Where it grows wild
Humid lowland and foothill forest on the eastern slope of the Andes, including tall forest, steep forested slopes and alluvial floodplain forest. Specimens were found growing on dead trees in tall forest, and it is described as an epiphytic herb.
Our 10 elevation-bearing wild records span 350–928 m, median 600 m. The type was collected in Junín at about 1100 m, and other Peruvian specimens reach 1250–1600 m.
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