Aeschynanthus lasianthus
A cool-growing lipstick plant from the mossy mountain forests of north-west Yunnan, where it grows on trees and streamside cliffs at about 1700–2600 m. Its trailing, silky-brown stems carry small leathery leaves and one or two red to orange flowers in late summer. It is a cool-to-intermediate grower and needs cooler nights than the common lowland Aeschynanthus.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on trees at forest margins and in moist, dense evergreen broad-leaved forest heavy with moss, orchids and ferns. It also grows on rock faces beside streams. Herbarium labels describe it as an arching epiphytic shrub about 1 m across.
About 1700–2600 m; GBIF herbarium specimens are mostly from 1800–2230 m.
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