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Brazilian peperomia

Peperomia urocarpa

Brazilian peperomia (Peperomia urocarpa) is a small perennial epiphyte from the pepper family, native to tropical South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. It is grown for its succulent foliage and does best with bright, filtered light and evenly moist but well-drained conditions.

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

About

Peperomia urocarpa (Also known as Brazilian peperomia) is a species of perennial herb in the genus Peperomia. The native range of Peperomia urocarpa is most of South America, Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean

Its habit is epiphyte and a herb. In Colombia, its elevation range is 5–2000 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 urocarpa 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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