Peperomia vinasiana
A little-known Peperomia endemic to Costa Rica, described from the forests of Las Vueltas near Tucurrique and since recorded from Sarapiquí, San Ramón and the lower slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca. It grows in premontane rainforest at roughly 650–900 m, and one recent observation notes it as a vine. Grow it warm-intermediate and humid in shade.
Where it grows wild
Premontane wet forest on the Caribbean and Pacific slopes of Costa Rica's central mountains. One herbarium label notes 'rain forest area' and a recent observation records it as a vine, which suggests a creeping or scrambling habit on trunks or banks, but this rests on a single note.
Recorded at 650–700 m (Tucurrique, 1899), 780 m (Pérez Zeledón) and 900 m (Río Hermoso, Talamanca). The Sarapiquí and San Ramón observations are probably at similar or lower elevations. This is warm premontane forest.
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