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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  July 2022 edited July 2022

  Pilea peperomoides.
  
  Do read this fascinating article about it. 
  
  http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/ga008_a_chinese_puzzle.htm
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  July 2022

  Silver surfer said:

  Pilea peperomioides

  I think it's the peperomia that the pilea is named for, Perperomia polybotrya. The Pilea would have more rounded leaves without the pointed tip.
  

  
  

  
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  July 2022 edited July 2022

  wild edges said:

  Silver surfer said:

  Pilea peperomioides

  I think it's the peperomia that the pilea is named for, Perperomia polybotrya. The Pilea would have more rounded leaves without the pointed tip.
  

  
  

  
  

  Ooh thanks!!!
  New one for me...Peperomia  polybotrya.
  
  https://www.rhsplants.co.uk/plants/_/peperomia-polybotrya-raindrop/classid.2000028843/
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=Peperomia+polybotrya.&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&sxsrf=ALiCzsZfmdo4rDSwmnc-PvcUPnoByKzrIA:1659128768142&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDiPKmgJ_5AhWJ7rsIHcv7CMQQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1280&bih=577&dpr=1.5
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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