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Peperomia scutilimba

Peperomia scutilimba
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0

Peperomia scutilimba is a small, short-stemmed Bolivian herb from the pepper family, sometimes described as an epiphyte, with round leaves that have palmate veining. It is rarely grown and is listed as threatened in the wild, so care advice is limited to general Peperomia practice.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Let the top of the mix dry out between waterings and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Light, airy, well-draining mix such as peat-free potting mix with perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–27 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Bolivia

About

Peperomia scutilimba is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru. Its conservation status is Threatened.

Where it grows

It is endemic in Bolivia. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb.

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 scutilimba 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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