Description
Aeschynanthus tengchungensis JN#11049 This is a pendulous perennial plant distantly related to African violets but with bright orange-red, long-tubular flowers. It is a member of the genus that gives us the “lipstick plant” – a common houseplant grown in hanging baskets. This epiphytic species is native to the Burma/Yunnan Frontier where it grows hanging from the trunks of trees alongside Agapetes spp. and orchids. This very distinctive species has long and linear but very thick and leathery leaves in pairs along the pendulous stems. I am growing it in a hanging basket and it looks great. Probably fine as a houseplant or in mild regions on an old log or stump where its pendulous branches can hang down. (+20) RSBG $16.00-B
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Cultural Ratings : (+20)