Peperomia tricolor

Peperomia tricolor is a species of epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by William Trelease and published in the book "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13: 101. 1936 ". It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its etymology came from the green with white nerves, and red black glabrous.

Distribution

It is endemic to Peru. First specimens where found at an altitude of 1100 meters in Junín.

Colombia
*Caquetá
Ecuador
*Morona-Santiago
*Santiago-Zamora
Peru
*Huánuco
*Junín
*Cusco

Description

It is a huge, abruptly ascending epiphytic herb. With a 3 mm thick, loosely pale-haired stem; with alternating leaves that are subrhombic-ovate and obtusely pointed at the base. They measure about 4-5 cm, and 3–5 cm in length. It has wide five nerves. The peduncle are 10 mm long, they are curly-pubescent and spike terminals. They are 100 mm long and 2 mm think. The petioles are 1 cm long, green with white nerves above, red black-granulous glabrous below.