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Peperomia pseudoalpina

Peperomia pseudoalpina
Photo: Field Museum of Natural History, CC0

Peperomia pseudoalpina is a small, creeping epiphytic herb from wet mountain forests of Costa Rica, grown mainly by collectors of Peperomia. It needs humid, shaded, well-drained conditions similar to its native cloud-forest home.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the mix evenly moist but never soggy; let the top dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, airy epiphyte mix with bark, perlite and some peat or coir.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Costa Rica
Climate
wet tropical

About

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

Where it grows

It is endemic in Costa Rica. It grows as an epiphyte 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 pseudoalpina 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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