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Aeschynanthus meo

A New Guinea lipstick plant described by Schumann in 1905, known from a few old collections in the Torricelli Mountains and at Sattelberg on the Huon Peninsula. Its habitat is wet, aseasonal forest at roughly 600–900 m, so it wants warm, humid, even conditions all year.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Collected in 'jungle' above the Sattelberg mission and in the Torricelli Mountains at about 600 m. Nothing more is recorded, so the growth form comes from the genus.

Specimens with an elevation come from about 600 m. Sattelberg lies at roughly 800–1,000 m.

New Guinea

🔒 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.