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Peperomia lehmannii

Peperomia lehmannii is a little-known epiphytic or terrestrial species from Ecuador in the pepper family, rarely grown outside botanical collections. Treat it like other warm-growing peperomias: bright indirect light, moist but not soggy soil, and humid, warm conditions.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the mix feels dry, and avoid standing water in the pot.
Soil
Light, well-draining aroid or peperomia mix with added perlite or bark.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia lehmannii is a species of plant belonging to the Piperaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Other Peperomia plants

Peperomia abnormis · Peperomia aceramarcana · Peperomia acuminata · Peperomia aerea · Peperomia aguabonitensis · Peperomia ainana · Winged peperomia · Peperomia alatiscapa · Peperomia albovittata · Peperomia amphitricha · Peperomia angustata · Peperomia antoniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peperomia lehmannii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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