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Aeschynanthus bracteatus

A widespread Himalayan and southwest Chinese lipstick plant, with over 500 wild records from Nepal to Vietnam, mostly between 1500 and 2600 m. It lives with warm, wet summers and cool, dry winters, and responds well to a cooler, drier winter in cultivation.

Aeschynanthus bracteatus
Photo: Cathcart, John Fergusson; Fitch, W. H.; Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte on trees, and sometimes on mossy rocks, in montane evergreen broadleaf forest, as is typical of the genus in the Himalaya and Yunnan. Aeschynanthus are epiphytic gesneriads of wet tropical and subtropical Asian forest, rooting in moss and humus on branches and trunks.

Recorded from 175 to 2590 m, median about 2040 m (77 records).

AssamBangladeshChina South-CentralChina SoutheastEast HimalayaLaosMyanmarNepalTibetVietnam

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✓ 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.