Suculenta Peperomia Columella

The plant I’m presenting to you today is an extremely rare but curious succulent. It is the Peperomia Columella from South America and is known by the common name columnar peperomy, referring to its growth. They are small plants, usually not longer than twenty-five centimeters in height and are composed of a stem from which shoots are born that are leaves. These are fleshy and at the tip have very marked drawings either by spots or by wrinkles. They grow alternately and are grouped together, greyish green or yellowish. If you look at the plant in detail, you will see that they can remember fish scales.

It blooms during the summer, producing a spike at the tip of the succulent where a large number of very small flowers and yellow-colored spikes come out. They can both grow into a tapestry and be hanging. Irrigation should not be very common, the plant itself will tell us when it wants water in a very simple way: small leaves will start to roar. Just when this starts to happen, it’s when we’re going to have to bring water, and we can do so both by pouring water over it, and by immersion. What is important is that water does not contact the stem. If you live in a place where there’s not much ambient humidity, it’s also crucial that you spray some water over the leaves, so you make hydration easier.

It is not a species that tolerates low temperatures, so when cold starts, you should move it to a place where the ambient temperature is about fifteen degrees. You need to take great care of her, because Peperomia Columella is a very rare variety and very difficult to find!

Finally, if you are careful that it is at a good temperature, good lighting and has a suitable water input, you don’t have to suffer, they don’t usually have problems. Although they can be attacked by the cottony mealybug, red spider or aphon.