Aeschynanthus is a genus of tropical herbs known as Lipstick plants. They are found mainly in Southeast Asia. They are usually trailing epiphytes which feature large flowers and require bird pollination. The most famous is perhaps the Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus lobbianus and Aeschynanthus radicans). Its name comes from a contraction of aischuno (to be ashamed) and anthos (flower). See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... A herb (pronounced urb in American English and hurb in most varieties of Commonwealth English) is a plant grown for culinary or medicinal value. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... An example of an epiphyte assemblage of orchids and bromeliads in a garden setting The term epiphyte refers to any plant that grows upon or attached to another living plant. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants: the transfer of pollen grains (male gametes) to the plant carpel, the structure that contains the ovule (female gamete). ... Contraction can mean: Contraction (childbirth), a contraction during childbirth; Contraction (linguistics), a new word formed from two or more individual words; Contraction (science), one that can occur to solid matter as it cools; Contraction mapping, in mathematics, a type of function on a metric space; Muscle contraction, one that occurs...

The genus contains a large variety of plants with differing features. Some have thick, waxy cuticles (as in A. lobbianus) others have much softer leaves (as in A. hildebrandii). Species such as A. speciosus are large where A. micranthus is much smaller and trailing. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

They require good lighting and semi-moist, well-drained soil conditions to grow — though again, they vary and some require more moist soil (such as A. hildebrandii). They also prefer warm and humid conditions. For the heavy metal band see Soil (band) Soil is a general term for the material that lies on the surface of the earth, supporting the growth of plants and serving as a habitat for animal life from microrganisms to small animals. ... Hot can have several meanings: Look up Hot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Relatively high temperature. ... Humidity is the quantity of moisture in the air. ...