PLANT CARE ( Aeschynanthus Caroline | Lipstick Vine | Lipstick Plant )
Ideal temperatures for healthy blooming Lipstick Plants range somewhere between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit. | |
Lipstick plants appreciate bright but filtered light. Too much direct sunlight can cause leaf scorch | |
As a tropical species, they appreciate the warmth and high humidity. | |
Although lipstick plants like consistent moisture, particularly during their most prolific growing period. |
ADDITIONAL CARE
Only those living in frost-free climates will have success growing an Aeschynanthus Caroline | Lipstick Vine | Lipstick Plant outdoors. However, those experiencing a more temperate climate will not be disappointed because this flowering epiphyte thrives as an indoor houseplant when grown in its preferred conditions. It makes the perfect choice for use in hanging baskets, as the stems grow 2-feet long or even longer and will bring a bit of the tropics indoors wherever placed. It is easy to see where the plant gets its common name, Lipstick Plant as the bright 2-inch, reddish-orange tubular flowers with yellow throats emerge from their calyx resembling tubes of lipstick. When given adequate light, you can enjoy the colourful blooms periodically throughout the entire year. The cultivar ‘Variegata’ has foliage splashed in white. After Aeschynanthus Caroline | Lipstick Vine | Lipstick Plant flowering, it is desirable to trim shoots. With age, shoots are stretched and bared, in connection with which a periodic renewal of the plant is required. In winter the plant is at rest: it does not bloom or grow. The plant is suitable for hanging baskets. Pressed to the soil shoots can take root and begin to branch.
NOTE
An example picture gives a trustworthy image of the plant with good care. The plant in the example picture is not the plant that will be delivered. This is an example, so variations are possible. Eventually, the delivered plant may differ in for example size, the number of flowers & branches, The Plant Will be in a Plastic Pot Not The One Showed in The Picture.
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