The name, “Lipstick Plant” is inspired by the plant’s vivid tubular red blooms sprouting from burgundy buds that resemble a tube of lipstick.Clusters of blooms and green, waxy leaves on growing vines cascade downward, making them ideal as houseplants and hanging flower pots.Cultivating a lipstick plant is not difficult, and with the right care, you get bright, colorful blooms all year long.In this post, I will cover how to care for lipstick plants and how to grow them. Table of Contents show Lipstick Plant OverviewA member of the Gesneraceae family, the Lipstick Plant is botanically known as Aeschynanthus Radicans. Itis a beautiful, flowering tropical evergreen that will brighten up a room like few other houseplants.Other names for the lipstick plant include Lipstick Vine and Basket Vine.Native to Southeast Asia on the Malay Peninsula south of Java, the lipstick plant is an epiphytic species. In its natural habitat, it can be found growing on trees, on other plants or even on rocks.As...
