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Peperomia tenuimarginata

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

Peperomia tenuimarginata is a small epiphytic or terrestrial peperomia endemic to the Andean cloud forests of Colombia, rarely grown in cultivation. It needs warm, humid, bright conditions with well-draining, airy growing media and careful watering.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top layer of the mix is nearly dry; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Airy, well-draining mix such as orchid bark, perlite and peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
18–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia tenuimarginata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia endemic in Colombia. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.

Where it grows

The first specimens where collected in Colombia. It is endemic in Colombia, specifically Antioquia and Valle del Cauca. Its elevation range is 900–2400 meters. 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 tenuimarginata 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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