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

2. PRONUNCIATION
pep - er - O - mia

3. COMMON NAME
Emerald Ripple Peperomia

5. FAMILY
Piperaceae

6. Life Cycle
Indoors- perennial
Outdoors- annual

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

9. ARRANGEMENT and composition
Alternate and simple

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

12. MARGIN
Entire

13. VEINS
Palmate

15. FLOWER
Catkin

16. FRUIT
Clusters

17. EXPOSURE
Needs higher light inside
Partial shade outdoors

18. GROWTH
Slow

19. USE
House Plant

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

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

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

23. PROBLEMS
Do not over water

24. ZONES
Tropical

25. NATIVE OF:
Brazil