This trailing houseplant has grown from a tiny starter pot to several feet long in just 3 and a half years. It was on a clearance table of dried out houseplants and had no label. It keeps trailing longer and longer and I keep raising the basket higher. It blooms off and on during the year and I have not seen a pattern to the bloom times. The little red flowers are erect and shaped like a leaping porpoise. There are four tiny hair-like stamens on each bloom. This photo was taken on a very cold day in February. I would love to know the name of this unusual plant.
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It is a lipstick plant.
I thought so, too. But I googled a photo of a lipstick plant and it was quite different.
I think it is a dolphin plant - similar to lipstick plant and goldfish plant
For comparison, the photo below is a lipstick plant. The blossom comes from a long casing....much like a lipstick tube. The blossoms are also in clusters.
It looks to be a Lipstick Plant. needs to be cut back to encourage new growth - this will help maintain its full robust appearance. Just prune the plant after a period of blooming. If you want to propagate more plants, stick the stem cuttings in moist soil during the summer months and you'll find they root quickly.
It looks to be a Lipstick Plant. It needs to be cut back to encourage new growth - this will help maintain its full robust appearance. Just prune the plant after a period of blooming.
Yes, the one below is a Lipstick plant and the one above is a Goldfish Plant (Columnea gloriosa) because the flowers look a bit like leaping goldfish. Hope this helps
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