PEPEROMIA CAPERATA ‘Emerald Ripple’ BOTANICAL NAME PEPEROMIA CAPERATA ‘Emerald Ripple’

PRONUNCIATION pep - er - O - mia

COMMON NAME Emerald Ripple Peperomia

FAMILY Piperaceae

Life Cycle Indoors- perennial Outdoors- annual

Growth Habit Shrub-like Height 6” - 8” Width 8” to 10” Spreading

ARRANGEMENT and composition Alternate and simple

LEAF Chordate Length 1 1/2” Width 1 1/2”

MARGIN Entire

VEINS Palmate

FLOWER Catkin

FRUIT Clusters

EXPOSURE Needs higher light inside Partial shade outdoors

GROWTH Slow

USE House Plant

DESCRIPTION Short branched stem developing dense clusters of roundish heart shaped peltate leaves deeply corrugated and quilted like a washboard

DESCRIPTION Leaves waxy, forest-green, the valleys tinted chocolate, pink petioles striped red; the inflorescence is a greenish-white catkin

CULTURAL PRACTICES 65° F. night Propagate by leaf cuttings or division Diffuse light

PROBLEMS Do not over water

ZONES Tropical

NATIVE OF: Brazil