Peperomia tutunendoana
A succulent, pendent epiphytic Peperomia from the very wet Chocó rainforest of western Colombia, named after Tutunendo near Quibdó, one of the rainiest places on Earth. Collectors note fleshy, deep green leaves, purple stems and petioles, and a habit of growing in ant gardens with Codonanthe. For hobbyists it is a warm, constantly humid, lowland terrarium or mounted plant.
Where it grows wild
It grows epiphytically in lowland to lower-montane pluvial forest on the Pacific slope of Colombia, in primary and lightly disturbed forest, including steep rocky slopes. One collection notes it 'growing on ants nest with Codonanthe sp. Pendent', and a Peruvian collection is labelled 'epiphyte in tall forest'.
Colombian biodiversity checklists give 150–1300 m. Specimens run from 80 m (the Tutunendo type) to about 550 m in Chocó, with a few higher Antioquia records at 1500 m and a doubtful one at 2570 m. The Peruvian record is at 800 m.
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