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Peperomia prostrata - String of Turtles

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About This Product

Species Name: Peperomia rotundifolia, P. prostrata (syn.)  

Common name(s)Round-leaf Peperomia, String of turtles 

Defining Characteristics: 

  • Small circular leaves decorated with maroon underbellies with white veins that are said to resemble turtle shells
  • Once established, this small peperomia is easy to care for
  • Drought tolerant and great for those who may forget to water regularly

Recommended Pot Size: Small - Medium 

Josh’s Frogs offers a wide variety of glass terrariums, container garden soils, drainage layers, and other supplies for all of your indoor gardening needs.

  

Temperature requirement: 65-75°F

Humidity Moderate (30-70%) -  Humid (70-100%)

Watering frequency: Light watering, Suggested watering time is every 7 to 10 days.  

Lighting:     Partial Shade    

Soil type: Well-draining potting soil or a prepared soil mixture such as Josh's Frogs Potting Soil mix offered Here

Growth rate: Slow    

Height: Up to 12”   

Origin: Latin America; Mexico through Columbia, Peru, and in some parts of Southern Brazil.

Regional locality: Found creeping up trees in tropical rainforest

USDA Hardiness Zone: 10-11

Suggested Vivarium/ Animal Terrarium Use:

 

Aquatic 

Temperate 

  • Frogs & Toads
  • Lizards & turtles
  • Aquatic Set-ups
  • Frogs & Toads
  • Lizards & turtles
  • Snakes
  • Geckos
  • Temperate Vivariums

Tropical

Desert 

  • Frogs & Toads ✔
  • Lizards & turtles ✔
  • Snakes ✔
  • Geckos ✔
  • Tropical Vivariums ✔
  • Toads
  • Lizards and tortoises
  • Geckos
  • Desert Vivariums

Care Notes: Careful not to overwater as this may cause root rot. 

Shipping Notes: 

As a good practice, Josh's Frogs recommends washing all plants thoroughly removing as much soil as possible with dechlorinated water before placing them in their final home. Live plants may vary in color, size, and appearance.

ALL PLANTS ARE SHIPPED IN POTS WITH SOIL OR OTHER MEDIA UNLESS IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO SHIP BARE ROOT

The plant pictured is in a 2.5" pot.

Shipping

This product ships to your doorstep. Most orders placed before 2pm ET on business days will ship out the same day.

Import/export restrictions on this product require that it can only be shipped to destinations within the United States.

Restrictions on this product that prohibit shipping to the following states: HI.

Live Arrival Guarantee

This product is covered under our Live Arrival Guarantee. If your insect/animal does not arrive in good health, we'll make it right, provided the following criteria are met:

  • If shipped Two Day, the temperature experienced during shipping must remain between -20 and 120 °F.
  • If shipped Next Day, the temperature experienced during shipping must remain between -40 and 120 °F.
  • If shipped Ground, the temperature experienced during shipping must remain between 20 and 85 °F.

You'll be notified during the checkout process if your purchase qualifies for our guarantee.

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David

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awesome for smaller vivs

great looking plant, tiny leaves make it a perfect choice for smaller vivariums

Sara

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Beautiful, Healthy Plants!

I ordered 2 of these Peperomia prostrate plants. I order a lot from Josh’s Frogs & as always, the plants are well packaged, healthy, & thriving.

Thierry

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Pretty and Easy to Grow

I pretty much put the vines on top of the moss and sprayed them everyday and they rooted about 4 days later. I like the way they trail down branches and the background. I bought only one plant and took cuttings from it to plant throughout the viv. A very easy plant to grow. Joshsfrogs has reliable shipping. Thanks.

Turtle vine

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Terrarium!

These are great plants to care for and they are so pretty! They are reviewerd turtle vine for the shell like appearance on the leaves!

Ashley

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Beautiful and healthy!

I had planned to keep this plant only as a houseplant initially but since I recently set up my first terrarium I chose to add this plant to the too. Wow, it grows and roots so fast in a terrarium. What a fantastic plant. I would definitely recommend the String of Turtles for terrariums and vivariums.

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