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Peperomia trichomanoides

Peperomia trichomanoides
Photo: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0

Peperomia trichomanoides is a small lithophytic (rock-growing) species from Costa Rica, known only from limestone cliffs at 1,400–1,600 m elevation. It is a rare, threatened plant, so it is seldom grown and care advice is largely inferred from related Peperomia.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the mix is nearly dry, and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Fast-draining mix of peat or coir with perlite, bark or grit; mimics a rock-loving epiphyte.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Costa Rica
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia trichomanoides is a species of lithophyte in the genus Peperomia. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its Conservation Status is Threatened.

Where it grows

It is endemic to Costa Rica. It grows on epilithic environment and grows with mosses.

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 trichomanoides 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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