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new lipstick plant


new lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans)

got it in full bloom, this is just after, lots of new shoots. I think I got a good one! Hangs high enough I can walk under it, good spot.



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Interesting. Has it got another name?

3 May, 2008

 

Lipstick is all I know as common name. This is the classic, thick waxy leaves and purple tubular bracts with scarlet blossoms that come out of them, like a lipstick! Wish I was on top of it enough to have a blooming photo.

5 May, 2008



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