Species · genus Aeschynanthus · Gesneriaceae

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus radicans Jack

Also known as: Lipstick Vine

Growth habit
trailing
Native range
Malay Peninsula & Java — trailing epiphyte
Reference · A. radicans

Cultivars of A. radicans

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under A. radicans yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

The species guide is still being written. The care recipe below is the working record.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Light

Not documented

Water

Not documented

Humidity

Not documented

Temperature

Not documented

Soil mix

Not documented

Propagation

Not documented

Fertilizing

Not documented

Growth rate

Not documented

Flowering

Not documented

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.

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Sources: Awaiting its first cited source.

Kept true by its growers

Every fact here carries its source. Grow Lipstick Plant yourself? What you’ve observed — how it drinks, how it holds its color, a name that’s off — is exactly what keeps this page honest. Contributions are reviewed before anything changes.

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