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Peperomia velutina is a small epiphytic tropical plant from the pepper family, grown mainly as a terrarium or greenhouse ornamental for its velvety leaves. It needs warm, humid, bright indirect light and fast-draining, airy growing medium.
Peperomia velutina is a species of flowering plant in the family Piperaceae, native to Colombia and Ecuador. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a terrarium or greenhouse ornamental.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peperomia velutina 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.
