Lipstick plant

Scientifically, “Aeschynanthus radicans.” I'm not terribly happy with this or any other frames I shot today, but this is one that shows the flowers are in dense clusters and that's not evident from my previous two posts of this particular flower.

From the Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b542
“This species is an ephiphytic evergreen vine from Malaysia with slender trailing and arching stems originating in tree branches. It has long, red, tubular flowers in dense terminal clusters. Its leaves are dark green, elliptical, fleshy and smooth-edged. Fruit grows to 1½ in long. Lipstick plant or lipstick vine is an attractive flowering vine for use in hanging pots. The common name refers to the appearance of the flower buds that have bright red flowers emerging from a dark tube-like structure.”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Aeschynanthus_radicans&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“Five years later: Much more intricate!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-01-15
2 years ago (“Pseudogynoxys cummingii”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-01-15
3 years ago (“Blue (or ‘Touchdown!’?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-01-15
4 years ago (“Snow routes”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-01-15

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[Myrna O'Hara]

what a cool plant