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Peperomia trinervis

Peperomia trinervis
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0

Peperomia trinervis is a small, fleshy-leaved epiphytic herb from wet tropical forests, grown as a houseplant for its attractive foliage. Keep it in bright indirect light, let the top of the mix dry between waterings, and avoid soggy roots.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of mix are dry; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Light, airy, well-draining mix such as orchid bark, perlite and peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
18–27 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. South America to Venezuela (Aragua), E. & S. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia tropaeoloides or Peperomia tropeoloides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia found in Colombia & Ecuador. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Not Threatened.

Where it grows

It is found in Colombia & Ecuador. It is a herb and grows on wet tropical biomes. In Colombia, its elevation range is 2560 - 3250 meters.

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 tropaeoloides 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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