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Peperomia orba is a small, cultivated-only species in the pepper family, known from greenhouse samples with no confirmed wild origin. It is grown as a compact houseplant, and its care is best matched to other Peperomia species.
Peperomia orba is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia of the family Piperaceae.
The plant is only known from cultivation, its native range is unknown. Therefore the name is considered unplaced and unaccepted. G.S. Bunting named the plant based on samples in cultivation, obtained from greenhouses of University of Gothenburg with no knowledge of their further origins. Because of this he used the epithet orba meaning "orphan" in Latin. Before Bunting the plant was known with various names including Peperomia Astrid, Peperomia Princess Astrid, Peperomia Pixie, and Peperomia Teardrop.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peperomia orba 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.
