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