Aeschynanthus irigaensis
A Philippine lipstick-vine relative that grows mostly as an epiphyte on the volcanic mountains of southern Luzon (Mt Iriga, Mt Isarog, Mt Bulusan), on Catanduanes, and on Camiguin in the south. Herbarium labels place it at about 850–1,200 m. That makes it a warm-intermediate submontane plant: it wants steady warmth, moist air and bright shade rather than hot lowland conditions.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe it as an epiphyte on trees in forest on Mt Isarog. One Camiguin collection was a terrestrial undershrub among boulders in an open, burnt-over area, so it can also grow in brighter, more exposed spots. No detailed ecological account of this species was found.
Labelled collections are from 850–1,200 m (Mt Hibok-Hibok 850–900 m, Mt Isarog 1,000 m, Mt Iriga 1,200 m). Older Bicol collections carry no elevation.
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