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Common Name: | Peperomia |
| Scientific Name: | Peperomia | |
| Family: | Piperaceae | |
| Origin: | tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, in habitats varying from high-altitude cloud forest to near-desert conditions | |
| Leaves: | fleshy, often long-stalked, elliptic to ovate or heart-shaped, usually alternate, sometimes in whorls or panicles |
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| Flowers: | small, white or greenish white flowers are produced in upright, sometimes branched and panicle-like spikes; flowering is erratic but mainly in late summer |
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| Light: | semi shade, bright indirect light when in active growth, and in full light in winter |
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| Soil: | loam-based potting compost |
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| Fertilizer: | from spring to summer apply a balanced liquid fertilizer monthly |
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| Air humidity: | maintain moderate to high humidity from spring to summer, mist twice daily |
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| Watering: | moderately in summer, sparingly in winter, preferably with tepid, soft water |
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| Transplanting: | right away after you bought it, than every spring
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| Dimensions: | 25 cm high and wide |
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| Propagation: | sow seed at 19-24 degrees Celsius (66-75 F) when ripe; during growth take softwood, leaf or leaf bud cuttings, or remove offsets of rosetted variants |
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| Life: | 1-4 years indoor |
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| Pests and diseases: | trouble free |
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| Species and varieties: | P. argyreia, P. caperata, P. clusiifolia, P. dolabriformis, P. fraseri, P. glabella, P. griseoargentea, P. hederifolia, P. incana, P. maculosa, P. magnoliifolia, P. marmorata, P. matallica, P. nivalis, P. nummulariifolia, P. orba, P. resediflora, P. rotundifolia, P. rubella, P. sandersii, P. scanders, P. velutina, P. verschaffeltii, P. verticillata |
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| Tips: | in frost-pone areas, grow in a warm greenhouse or as houseplants; grow trailing species in a bottle garden; in tropical areas grow as ground cover or in a border
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| Hardness: | frost tender
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