Peperomia tropaeoloides

A fleshy high-Andean peperomia from Ecuador and Colombia with glabrous, ovate, seven-nerved leaves on long petioles and ascending, radiating stems. It grows at about 2560-3250 m in Colombia, in cold, wet upper montane forest, so it is a true cool grower. It is rarely recorded, so care is built from its elevation and habitat.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

An herb of wet upper montane forest in the northern Andes, with fleshy radiating stems. Whether it grows on the ground, on mossy rocks or low on trunks is not documented.

Recorded at 2560-3250 m in Colombia; the type came from Napo, Ecuador. There are no GBIF records with coordinates.

ColombiaEcuador

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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