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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Gesneriaceae
| name = ''Aeschynanthus radicans''
|genus=Aeschynanthus
| image = Aeschynanthus radicans.jpg
|species=radicans
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
|taxo_author=Jack
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|common_name=Lipstick plant
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
|habit=vine-climber
| familia = [[Gesneriaceae]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| genus = ''[[Aeschynanthus]]''
|Max ht box=1.5
| species = '''''A. radicans'''''
|Max ht metric=m
| binomial = ''Aeschynanthus radicans''
|height_ref=Wikipedia
| binomial_authority = [[William Jack (botanist)|Jack]]
|Min wd box=18
|Min wd metric=in
|Max wd box=36
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=Malay Peninsula to Java
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=shade
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moist, moderate
|features=evergreen, flowers, houseplant
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, yellow, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=11
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|image=Aeschynanthus radicans.jpg
|image_width=200
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'''''Aeschynanthus radicans''''' is a vine-like plant native to the humid tropics of the [[Malay Peninsula]] south to [[Java (island)|Java]].
'''''Aeschynanthus radicans''''' is a vine-like plant native to the humid tropics of the [[Malay Peninsula]] south to [[Java (island)|Java]].


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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]].  
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===
==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. New plants may be started in water from clippings. This particular plant is also distinctive due to its pungent smell.
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.
 
===Pests and diseases===
 
 
==Varieties==
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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</gallery>
 
==References==
<references/>
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
 
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 01:56, 13 October 2010

 Aeschynanthus radicans subsp. var.  Lipstick plant
The query description has an empty condition.: vine-climber
Height: ⇕ to
Width: ⇔ to
1.5m 18in36in
Height: ⇕ The wikipage input value is empty (e.g. <code>SomeProperty::, [[]]</code>) and therefore it cannot be used as a name or as part of a query condition. to 1.5 m
Width: ⇔ 18 in to 36 in
The query description has an empty condition.: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ Malay Peninsula to Java
Poisonous: ☠
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
The query description has an empty condition.: ☼ shade
The query description has an empty condition.: ◍ moist, moderate
Features: ✓ evergreen, flowers, houseplant
Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place
Minimum Temp: ☃ °F
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: ❀ red, yellow, pink
Gesneriaceae > Aeschynanthus radicans var. , Jack



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.

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • photo 1
    photo 1
  • photo 2
    photo 2
  • photo 3
    photo 3

References


External links


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