Peperomia deceptrix is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.
The type specimen were collected near San Antonio, Peru, at an altitude of .
Peperomia deceptrix is a glabrous, epiphytic plant, apparently creeping and rooting, flowering from nodes with 4 leaves. The leaves are oblanceolate, acute, with a cuneate base, measuring long and wide. They are 7âÂÂ9-nerved and, when dry, are opaque green and somewhat thinly papery in texture. The petiole is long. The spikes appear to be solitary at the apex of a long branchlet. Young spikes are long and 1 mm thick, borne on a filiform peduncle long.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Dorothea Eliza Smith. It got its epithet from the Latin , referring to the plant's appearance that can be misleading or easily confused with another species.
It is endemic in Peru. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.