Mazhar Botanic Garden

Aeschynanthus radicans curly

Curly lipstick plant

Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Aeschynanthus
Species: radicans
Cultivar / variety: curly
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000521
English name: Curly lipstick plant
Arabic name: اخينانسس كورلي
Native: Malay Peninsula south to Java
Country: Malaysia Peninsula
(PGR): Rare

Curly Aeschynanthus  plants

Epiphyte growing to 15 m tall, leaves leathery 4-8 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, opposite or whorled flowers terminal , scarlet with yellow throat, tubular 5-7 cm long, with  the upper lobes shorter than the lower

Soil: One-part regular potting mix, one part peat and one-part perlite

Ornamental plant. Hanging baskets indoor or outdoors during warm weather

Indoors in pots and hanging baskets outside in tropical and subtropical gardens as shady underplanting ground cover.

Texture: Adaptable
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Humidity
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10 : 11
Status: Cultivated Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Sample Type: Cultivar
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Indoor plant Ornamental
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Neutral

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