| Description | An easy to grow indoor plant for the bright to moderate light areas of the interior. Light is the key factor toward producing the best color. |
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| Pronunciation | (peper-OH-mee-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 11 |
| Sunlight | moderate to bright, will burn in direct sun |
| Moisture | Prefers slightly dry to dry out between watering. It will tolerate more moisture if grown in a well structured media |
| Growing Media | average house to well drained |
| Temperature | average house |
| Flowers | Clusters of very tiny flowers on a spike that looks like a rat's tail. |
| Leaves | Wrinkled leaves with mixed colors of red, purples and greens. The color is more pronounced in the proper light conditions. So move the plant around to find these special spots. In low light the plant will be greener. |
| Dimensions | a small plant |
| Maintenance | removal of dead leaves |
| Propagation | Peperomia's that produce a cluster of leaves from a short stalk are easy to propagate from leaf-petiole cuttings. Remove a leaf and cut the petiole down to around 1 inch. Insert the petiole into the growing media so that the base of the leaf touches the media. A tiny plant will form where the leaf and petiole meet. Division is possible on older plants. |
| Native Site | The species plant (Peperomia caperata) is from Brazil |
| Author's Notes | I have found this an easy plant to grow. The main problem seems to be over watering and to low of light. This will cause rotting and lack of color respectively. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
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