Common Cultivated Varieties of Peperomia
An introduction to common cultivation varieties of Peperomia for netizens, let's take a look together!
Peperomia is a general name for plants of the genus Peperomia in the family Piperaceae. There are two types of Peperomia, one is upright, branching from the base of the plant; the other is tufted, meaning that the leaves emerge from the roots, without a distinct base, with leaves tufting from the base of the plant, and most Peperomia belong to this category. Commonly cultivated species include:
Watermelon Peel Peperomia: Also known as Watermelon Peel. Native to Brazil. With leaves emerging from the roots, the plant height is 20-30 cm. The leaves are nearly sessile, obovate; 3-4 cm long and 2-4 cm wide; thick and glossy, semi-coriaceous; the upper surface is green, the lower surface is red, with bright silver-white stripes between the main veins of the green upper surface, resembling the stripes of watermelon peel, hence the name. Flowers are tiny and white.
Crinkled Leaf Peperomia: Also known as Four-angled Peperomia. The stems are very short, with a plant height of about 20 cm. It forms a small tuft. The leaves are heart-shaped and wrinkled, 3-5 cm long and 2-2.5 cm wide; the upper surface is dark brownish green with a velvet sheen, and the lower surface is grayish green. The spicate inflorescence is white and green, thin and long.
Variegated Peperomia: Also known as Variegated豆瓣绿, Milky Vein Peperomia. Native to Brazil. A trailers. The stems are tea-colored and fleshy. The leaves are broadly ovate, 5-12 cm long and 3-5 cm wide; green with yellow variegation.
String Leaf Peperomia: Native to the West Indies. Upright growth habit, 20-30 cm tall. Grows slowly. The leaves are long obovate, thick and fleshy, entire or irregularly shallowly lobed. The leaves are dark green and glossy, with red margins.
Round Leaf Peperomia: Native to Venezuela. Erect plant, about 30 cm tall. Simple leaves are alternate, elliptical or obovate. The leaf apex is obtuse, the base gradually narrows to cuneate. The upper surface of the leaf is smooth and glossy, thick and stiff, the stems and petioles are fleshy and rounded. The leaf is 5-6 cm long and 4-5 cm wide, the petiole is short, only 1 cm, but roots easily. The internodes are short, and it is also very easy to root at the internode sites.
Gold splash Peperomia: Similar to Round Leaf Peperomia, but with different leaf colors. The leaves are dark green, but scattered with irregularly shaped, large and small light green to creamy yellow spots; or leaves dominated by yellow-green with dark green spots or dots.
White Vein Peperomia: 20-30 cm tall, with stems growing upright and red-brown. The leaves are arranged in whorls of 3 to 4, with short red-brown petioles, thick and slightly fleshy, elliptical, entire, with a pointed apex, about 5-8 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, the leaf color is deep green, new leaves are slightly reddish-brown, especially noticeable under sufficient light, with 5 sunken white crescent-shaped veins on the leaf surface.
The above[] introduces all the common cultivated varieties of Peperomia, hoping to bring you some help. Don't forget to visit more often for more flowering experience and knowledge!