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Peperomia zipaquirana

Peperomia zipaquirana is a small herbaceous species in the pepper family, native to the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador at high elevation. It is rarely grown as a houseplant, and the care advice below follows general Peperomia habits.

Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings, then water thoroughly.
Soil
Well-draining, airy potting mix with added perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 8 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Peperomia zipaquirana is a herbal plant from the genus Peperomia. It was described by William Trelease and Truman G. Yuncker in 1917. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador. It is found at an elevation of 2700 – 2900 meters in Colombia.

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 zipaquirana 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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