Peperomia unduavina
Peperomia unduavina is a small, compact Peperomia named after Unduavi in the Bolivian Yungas, where it was first collected at 3300 m. It has densely hairy stems, opposite leaves up to 2 cm long with rounded tips, and thin pale flower spikes. Most records come from cool montane forest in the Bolivian Andes, with a disjunct group in the mountains of southeast Brazil. It is a cool-growing terrarium plant, and little is published about its exact microhabitat.
Where it grows wild
It grows in humid montane forest and the moister inter-Andean valleys, most likely on mossy trunks, banks and rocks as small Andean Peperomia typically do. The sources give only 'wet tropical biomes', so the exact microhabitat is uncertain.
The 28 records with an elevation span 1100–3100 m, median 2700 m. The type came from 3300 m at Unduavi. The Brazilian records are from lower mountains, probably around 1000–1500 m.
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