Peperomia dolabriformisvar.glaucescensC. DC .
Prayer Pepper
kinsfolk : PiperaceaeGenus : Peperomia
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Peperomia dolabriformisvar.glaucescensis native to the warm valley of northernPeru .
Peperomia dolabriformisvar.glaucescensis a shrubbysucculentwith sarcoid stems that become woody with age and purse - work leaves . The leaves are thick and fleshy and can valuate up to 3 inch ( 7.5 cm ) long , 0.5 inches ( 1.2 cm ) widely , and 0.6 inches ( 1.5 cm ) thick . They are off-white to pinkish , close up in half upward , and fused along the dingy green gross profit , creating a narrow-minded dingy green window . The works can grow up to 2 feet ( 60 cm ) grandiloquent and may be either russet scab - forming or tumid , laxly furcate , reaching a height of up to 2 feet ( 60 cm ) .
The invisible greenish - lily-white flowers come out in summer on green , slender panicles that can grow up to 16 in ( 40 cm ) long .
USDA hardiness zones11a to 11b : from 40 ° F ( 4.4 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Peperomias are not in particular grueling plants to grow , and their lowly size and ticklish leave make them double-dyed for desktops and cup of tea garden . They will seldom pass their neighbour or shade them out . In short , they are perfectly mannered and attractive little works . The biggest problems are usually related towatering . They like steadily moist stain but can be very sensitive tooverwatering . OverwateredPeperomias tend to wilt or have raised , rat - like protrusions on their leaf . Do not be alarmed if your plant lose a few bottom leaves , but a monolithic leaf fall is commonly due to a temperature change orfertilizerproblem . finally , Peperomias are susceptible tomealybugs , so keep an eye out for cottony snowy masses on the stems or undersides of leaves . These plants thrive when more or less green goddess - bound , so do not overpot them .
Repot plants in natural spring , specially to review the existingsoil , but commit them either into a same - size container after stem - pruning or up to only one pot size . The largestPeperomias remain comparatively small , so they will never mature into large specimen plant . Most mintage can be relatively easily propagate fromleaf cuttings .
Learn more atHow to Grow and Care for Peperomia .
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