tipcat Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I got this plant years ago and still don't know what it is. I didn't think it would get any flowers(just thought it was a plain houseplant) but it has been blooming for about 5 years. It is beautiful and loves the window I have it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 It is either a lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans) or a Columnea (sp). The latter are sometimes called goldfish plants because some varieties look like little fish. Not all though. The two are frequently confused as there are different varieties of each. Check out some pictures until you find yours always remembering that sometimes pictures aren't labeled right either. Lipstick plant: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/gardening/1/7/x/6/LipstickPlant.jpg&imgrefurl=http://gardening.about.com/od/galleryofgardens/ig/Winter-Gardening-Photo-Gallery/Photo-of-Lipstick-Plant.htm&h=333&w=499&sz=74&tbnid=gOBZBeby204J:&tbnh=87&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlipstick%2Bplant&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1 Columnea: http://www.cambridge2000.com/gallery/html/P3075107.html And I'm not real sure about that first picture either. It is hard to tell from pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipcat Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 thank you I will check out the pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipcat Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 nope, not either one of them. My flowers don't open. They look like pelican beaks and the leaves are very small. I might have to take a better picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Sounds like this goldfish plant. This is the one that really looks like a little fish or a pelican's beak. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://grinnell.unh.edu/blogpix/Nematanthus.jpg&imgrefurl=http://homepage.mac.com/davidmlane/iblog/C210362712/E20070419154550/index.html&h=387&w=516&sz=62&tbnid=V2OPi2Ecc2wJ:&tbnh=98&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgoldfish%2Bplant&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=2 http://www.selby.org/clientuploads/images/research/GIC/Plants/Nematanthus_gregarius_1974-0597-GA.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipcat Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 That is it!!! Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 You're welcome. That is a very well grown plant. I've killed a couple of them although my lipstick plants are doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipcat Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 It needs transplanted but I am afraid to do it. I don't want to kill mine. I am good at doing that with houseplants. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Yeah, me too. Some of them you can whack the in half pot up the pieces and have no trouble. Others you move them to a new pot and they drop dead. Maybe just go for a pot that is only one size larger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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