Black Pagoda Lipstick Plant Propagation

Dip the tip of the cutting in rooting hormone and plant it in the soil with the bare stem under the soil.

Black pagoda lipstick plant propagation. Black pagoda has interesting yellow and orange flowers with dark mottled foliage. Lipstick plant propagation is easy in water. Make sure that the stem is not flowering and does not have any buds on it. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens along with seeds and plants.

The aeschynanthus lipstick vine has pointy waxy leaves and blooms with bright clusters of red blossoms. Late spring or early summer summer. Black pagoda lipstick plant. Alan from the plant farm explains how to propagate a black pagoda lipstick plant with some help from a friend.

How to propagate a lipstick plant. Just place the 4 to 6 10 15 cm cuttings in a jar of water. Choose a stem of new growth and cut it at around four inches in length. When roots appear plant them in a pot containing a suitable potting mix.

It s fine to plant more than one cutting in each pot. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about aeschynanthus basket vine lipstick plant aeschynanthus black pagoda supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at. Fill a small planting container with a mixture of half peat moss and half perlite or vermiculite. The lipstick plant can be easily propagated with stem cuttings.

Zone 10a 1 1 c 30 f to 1 7 c 35 f plant height. 12 24 inches. Poke a hole in the middle of the potting soil with a pencil. Black pagoda lipstick plant scientific name aeschynanthus pulcher the leaves with velvet structure in green color with black stripes flowers color can be orange or red.

Partial or dappled shade. These flowers emerge from a maroon bud resembling a tube of lipstick from which the plant derives its common name.