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Peperomia undeninervia

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

Peperomia undeninervia is an epiphytic species in the pepper family, native to Peru, where it grows on trees in wet tropical forest at mid elevations. Keep it humid and out of direct sun, with a loose, airy growing medium.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top of the mix starts to dry, and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Loose, airy epiphyte mix with bark, perlite and peat or coir.
Temperature
18–27 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Peru

About

Peperomia undeninervia is a species of epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16(1): 441. 1869.". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.

Where it grows

It is endemic to Peru. First specimens were found at an altitude of 1400–1700 in Junín.

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 undeninervia 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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