Peperomia trineura
A small epiphytic Peperomia of the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with four-angled stems and leathery-fleshy three-nerved leaves that give it its name. Most wild records come from the subtropical highlands of southern and south-eastern Brazil around 800 m, where winters are cool, so it prefers intermediate rather than hot conditions. Grow it on a small mount or in a very open mix, in dappled light and humid, moving air.
Where it grows wild
It is a small epiphytic herb of wet forest, growing on trees in the Atlantic forest of eastern and southern Brazil. Many of the records come from the mixed Araucaria forests and highland forests of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, and from the Serra da Mantiqueira and Espinhaço ranges further north.
Recorded from sea level to 2,300 m, with a median of about 830 m (89 records), so most plants grow in subtropical uplands with cool winters.
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