Aeschynanthus radicans


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   vine-climber

Height: 1.5 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.5.
Width: 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18. to 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: Malay Peninsula to Java
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: shade
Water: moist, moderate
Features: evergreen, flowers, houseplant
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Flower features: red, yellow, pink
Scientific Names

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Aeschynanthus radicans is a vine-like plant native to the humid tropics of the Malay Peninsula south to Java.

It is an epiphyte or lithophyte growing to 1.5 m tall, with leathery, green leaves that are 4-8 cm long, ovate to lanceolate, opposite or whorled. The flowers are terminal, tubular, 5-7.5 cm long, with the upper lobes shorter than the lower. They are usually scarlet with yellow throats.

The common name Lipstick plant, shared with other plants of the genus Aeschynanthus, comes from the scarlet flowers that open from buds resembling tubes of lipstick.

Cultivation

This plant is noted for its excellence as an interior plant and is perfect for hanging baskets. It requires a great deal of light, but not direct sunlight. Humidity is also noted as having an important positive effect. Clipping the plant makes it fuller. This particular plant is also distinctive due to its pungent smell.

Propagation

New plants may be started in water from clippings.

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