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Aeschynanthus impar is an epiphytic subshrub from the wet tropics of New Guinea, in the lipstick plant family. It is grown as a warm, humid houseplant that needs bright filtered light and a loose, airy epiphytic mix.
Aeschynanthus impar is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the wet tropical biome of New Guinea. The species was described by Rudolf Schlechter in 1923.
Aeschynanthus acuminatissimus · Aeschynanthus acuminatus · Aeschynanthus albidus · Aeschynanthus amboinensis · Aeschynanthus buxifolius · Aeschynanthus fulgens · Aeschynanthus hispidus · Parasite Blushwort · Aeschynanthus horsfieldii · Aeschynanthus hosseusii · Aeschynanthus humilis · Aeschynanthus intraflavus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aeschynanthus impar by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
