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Peperomia umbrosa

Peperomia umbrosa is an epiphytic species from the pepper family, native to Peru and found in wet tropical forest. Like other epiphytic peperomias it grows on trees, so it needs humid air, bright shade and a loose, airy growing medium.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top layer of the mix is nearly dry; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Loose, well-draining epiphyte mix such as orchid bark with peat or perlite.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Peru
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia umbrosa is a species of epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Guido Mathieu and published in the book "Plant Ecology and Evolution 144(2): 172. 2011.". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. It is endemic to Peru.

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 umbrosa 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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