The twisted lipstick plant is a type of Aeschynanthus – a genus of subtropical and tropical plants. Its name comes from its mass of tightly twisted foliage and red, tubular flowers. Planted in a ...

These air plants grow in masses of rotted and half-rotted fallen leaves that collect in crotches of large forest trees. The most popular Aeschynanthus is A. radicans, known as lipstick plant ...