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Peperomia vareschii

Peperomia vareschii is a small subshrub from the pepper family, native to wet tropical forests in Trujillo, Venezuela, and little grown in cultivation. Treat it like other peperomias: bright light, free-draining soil and moderate watering.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Let the top few centimetres of soil dry out before watering thoroughly, and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Well-draining, airy mix such as peat-based potting soil with perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–27 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Venezuela (Trujillo)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia vareschii is a species of subshrub in the genus Peperomia. It primarily grows in wet tropical biomes.

Where it grows

Peperomia vareschii is native to Venezuela.

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 vareschii 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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