Aeschynanthus amboinensis

Aeschynanthus amboinensis is a lipstick-vine gesneriad from Ambon and the southern Moluccas, with Sulawesi also listed by Kew. It was moved into Aeschynanthus by Mendum in 1998 and is known from only a handful of collections. Treat it as a warm, humid lowland to lower-montane epiphyte.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Almost certainly an epiphyte on trunks and branches in humid Moluccan rainforest, as are nearly all Aeschynanthus. No habitat notes for this species were reachable, so this is generalised from the genus.

None of the records gives an elevation. Ambon and Seram rise to about 1,000 m and 3,000 m respectively; the recorded points look low to mid elevation.

MalukuSulawesi

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.