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Peperomia steyermarkii

Peperomia steyermarkii
Photo: Åsa Dalsätt, CC BY 4.0

Peperomia steyermarkii is a tiny, delicate Venezuelan species that grows in compact tufts on rocks in wet tropical forest, with small shield-shaped leaves. It is a rare, threatened species seldom grown outside specialist collections, so care advice here is based on the needs of close relatives in the genus.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of mix are barely dry; avoid soggy roots and standing water.
Soil
Very airy, fast-draining mix such as orchid bark, perlite and peat or coir.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia steyermarkii is a species of lithophyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Venezuela. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.

Where it grows

It is endemic in Venezuela. 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 steyermarkii 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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