| Scientific Name: | Aeschynanthus spp. |
| Common Name: | lipstick plant |
| Family Name: | Gesneriaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Epiphytic, Pendulous |
| Form: | Mounded, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Hanging basket, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Corymb, Orange, Yellow, Red, Dark-red, Mar-Sep, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Red, Dark-red, May-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems trail downward; leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, most 4-8cm long x 2-5cm wide, thick and glossy, margin entire and ciliate (both leaves and stems are covered in fine hairs); flowers long, tubular, red, in terminal clusters. | |