Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Climbing

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

A tropical epiphytic vine native to the humid rainforests of Southeast Asia, the Lipstick Plant is named for its vivid scarlet-orange tubular flowers that emerge from dark maroon calyces, uncannily resembling a lipstick being pushed from its case.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Gesneriaceae

Genus

Aeschynanthus

Species

Aeschynanthus radicans