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Peperomia tominana

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

Peperomia tominana is a small epiphytic or lithophytic herb from subtropical South America, growing on trees or rocks. It is a little-known species, so care advice is mostly drawn from general knowledge of the Peperomia genus.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Let the top of the mix dry out between waterings; Peperomias store water in their leaves and stems and rot easily if kept wet.
Soil
Very airy, fast-draining mix such as orchid bark or perlite with a little peat or leaf mould.
Temperature
18–27 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Bolivia to NW. Argentina
Climate
subtropical

About

Peperomia tominana is a species of epiphyte or lithophyte in the genus Peperomia found in Argentina and Bolivia. It primarily grows on subtropical biomes. Its conservation status is Not Threatened.

Where it grows

It is found in Argentina and Bolivia. It grows on epiphyte or lithophyte environment and is a herb. It grows on subtropical 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 tominana 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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