Lipstick Plant Propagation
And a good trim after blooming stimulates the plant to produce more blooms as flowers form on new growth.
Lipstick plant propagation. The lipstick plant can be easily propagated with stem cuttings. Propagating lipstick plants is actually really easy by taking cuttings and rooting them and it s fun too. Prune it after it finishes flowering. Feed the plant once a month using 3 1 2 ratio liquid fertilizer such as 9 3 6 diluted at half strength.
Dip the cut end of the stem into rooting hormone and then plant it in a moist growing medium in a small pot. Lipstick plants aeschynanthus radicans or are house plants that develop vibrant red tubular blooms at the ends of trailing sets of small dark green leaves. Lipstick plant propagation can be from seeds or cutting take branch put it in moist soil with the same condition of the mature plant don t let the soil dry and keep high humidity the temperature that is the best to start from 20 25c. Choose a stem of new growth and cut it at around four inches in length.
Be sure to dip the cuttings in rooting hormone before propagating them which will help to speed things up. Lipstick vine can get shaggy and cutting back the plant no only keeps it healthy and looking great but provides. Lipstick plant care fertilizer. Lipstick plant cuttings can easily be rooted using a propagation chamber or you can make your own diy propagation box.
Pinch the tip of the branches. Make sure that the stem is not flowering and does not have any buds on it. Alan from the plant farm explains how to propagate a black pagoda lipstick plant with some help from a friend. Although red is the most common color lipstick plant is also available in yellow orange and coral.
In its natural tropical environment the plant is epiphytic surviving by attaching itself to trees or other plants. New plants can be easily propagated by taking stem cuttings from healthy lipstick plants. Lipstick plant is easy to get along and requires minimal care but it can become shaggy and overgrown.