Peperomia flabilis 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 Victoria, Peru.
Peperomia flabilis is a moderately small, more or less forked, glabrous herb with a stem 2âÂÂ3 mm thick. The leaves are in whorls of 3âÂÂ4 at the nodes. They are bluntly acuminate, with an acute base, measuring 2âÂÂ3 cm long and 1âÂÂ1.5 cm wide. The leaves are 3-nerved, opaque, and paler with a minute granular texture on the underside. The slender petiole is 3âÂÂ6 mm long. The spikes are terminal and from the upper axils, filiform, reaching 100 mm in length, and are borne on a very slender peduncle 10 mm long.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by James Francis Macbride. It got its epithet from the Latin , referring to its delicate, slender spikes that might sway in the wind, or to its habitat.
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.