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Terrarium Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Peperomia villarrealii

A little-known montane Peperomia described by Yuncker in 1950 from Colombia. It grows as an epiphyte or on rocks in wet premontane and montane forest at about 1,000–2,300 m. Herbarium records extend it to Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru. Treat it as a cool-intermediate cloud-forest terrarium plant: humid, shaded and never hot.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Wet premontane and montane forest, including primary forest and secondary forest with primary remnants. It grows on trees or rocks. Labels mention stream margins in Antioquia, a cave area in Antioquia, the Río Grande de Orosi valley at Tapantí in Costa Rica, and the Buenaventura reserve in El Oro, Ecuador. The exact perch and plant size are not described in any source found.

The original collections are from 1,400–2,100 m. GBIF records span 1,000–2,340 m, median about 1,750 m (30 records).

ColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorPeru

🔒 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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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.