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Peperomia penduliramea

Peperomia penduliramea
Photo: The Field Museum of Natural History, CC0

Peperomia penduliramea is a small pendulous epiphyte from the cloud forests of Ecuador, grown for its trailing stems and silvery-backed leaves. It is a rare species and is best kept humid and out of direct sun.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top layer of the medium begins to dry, and avoid soggy conditions.
Soil
Loose, well-draining epiphyte mix such as orchid bark with peat or perlite.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador

About

Peperomia penduliramea is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Ecuador. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.

Where it grows

It is endemic in Ecuador. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.

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 penduliramea 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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