Dr. Phyto

baby rubber plant (peperomia)

Peperomia obtusifolia

Diseases & pests on this plant

• overwatering / waterloggingabiotic_overwatering

  Yellow lower leaves, soft stem base, root rot signs.

• Pythium damping-off + root rot (multi-host)Pythium ultimum

  Seedlings rot at soil line + collapse (damping-off), brown mushy roots when plants pulled up, plants stunted + yellow despite watering, sudden plant collapse during stress periods, foul earthy smell from rotted tissue.

• edema (water blister)Edema (oedema)

  Raised water-soaked blisters on leaf undersides (the diagnostic location), blisters rupture and form corky brown scars over time, looks like spider mite damage but no webbing, affected leaves do not recover but new growth is healthy if conditions improve.

• Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)Cucumber mosaic virus

  Yellow mosaic patterns on leaves, distorted + crinkled foliage, stunting + reduced flowering, infected plants permanently below normal vigour, virus persists in many weed hosts as inoculum reservoir.

• longtailed mealybugPseudococcus longispinus

  White cottony masses with long fluffy tails on twigs and fruit, copious honeydew, sooty mould blackening leaves, distorted fruit when calyx end infested.