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Aeschynanthus longicaulis 'Purple Star' - Purple Star Lipstick Plant - Various Sizes

Ed's Plant Shop  |  SKU: EDS0110AEPS

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$16.99
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Description

Purple Star Lipstick Plant - Vibrant Purple Blooms and Glossy Foliage

Introducing the stunning Purple Star Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus radicans), a unique houseplant that brings a splash of color to your indoor spaces. With its glossy, deep green leaves and striking tubular purple flowers, this plant adds a vibrant touch to any room. Known for its cascading growth habit, the Purple Star thrives in bright, indirect light and moderate watering, making it an easy-care choice for plant enthusiasts.

Purple Star Lipstick Plant Profile

  • Botanical Name: Aeschynanthus radicans
  • Common Name: Purple Star Lipstick Plant, Lipstick Plant
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • Native Range: Southeast Asia

Purple Star Lipstick Plant Care Guide

  • Care: Easy to Moderate
  • Light: Bright, indirect light. Avoid direct sunlight.
  • Water: Allow the soil to dry slightly between watering, then water thoroughly.
  • Humidity: High humidity preferred for optimal growth.
  • Temperature: 60-80°F. Keep away from cold drafts.
  • Pruning: Trim as needed to control shape and remove dead flowers.
  • Feeding: Fertilize monthly during spring and summer with a balanced fertilizer.
  • Growth: Trailing, can grow up to 2-3 feet long
  • Propagation: Stem cuttings in spring or summer
  • Pests: Watch for aphids, mealybugs, and spider mites
  • Toxicity: Non-toxic to humans and pets.

Bold and Beautiful: A Perfect Cascading Plant for Your Home

The Purple Star Lipstick Plant is ideal for plant lovers looking to add a striking pop of color to their collection. Its bright purple flowers, combined with its trailing vines, make it perfect for hanging baskets or shelves where it can cascade freely. This easy-care beauty is sure to brighten any room in your home.

Fun Fact: Named for its Lipstick-Like Flowers

The Purple Star Lipstick Plant gets its name from its flowers, which resemble a tube of lipstick as they emerge from the buds. The vibrant purple blooms open up from the "lipstick case" of deep green sepals, adding a whimsical and eye-catching element to your plant collection.

Purple Star Lipstick Plant Origins: From the Tropics of Southeast Asia

Native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, the Purple Star Lipstick Plant thrives in humid environments with filtered sunlight. Its natural habitat helps explain its cascading growth habit and its preference for high humidity, making it a resilient plant that brings a touch of the tropics to your home.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Shipping

How do you ship your plants?

We carefully package each plant with love by hand right from our shop in Brooklyn. Extra steps are taken to ensure that every leaf arrives in pristine shape by using polyfill and encapsulating the plant in a protective paper sleeve. The soil is also hydrated before shipping so that the plant has plenty of water for it's travel to your doorstep. We offer several shipping speeds, so please choose the one that you feel comfortable with depending on your location. 

Will my plant look like the one on the website?

Awesome question, we're glad you asked. Given the nature of our plant shop, we're constantly moving plants in and out of the shop, making it difficult and borderline impossible to keep an exact picture of each plant. In addition to the constantly rotating crop, we often grow in batches of 6, 12, or sometimes more! With this quantity we are unable to take a photo of each and every plant. The photos that we attach to each product listing is going to be of a plant that represents the average size and fullness of that set of plants. Some may be slightly larger or smaller, but in general, similar.

Do you include heat packs with your plants?

We offer Heat Packs for sale separately from the plants in 40, 60 and 72 hour increments. Please add a heat pack or two to your order if you live in an area where your order may be affected during transit by cold temperatures. We are not responsible for orders that are placed and damage is incurred to the plant if a heat pack is not purchased.

Which heat pack should I choose?

Heat packs come in three different increments, so please choose the appropriate hour increment depending on the speed of shipping that you choose during checkout. For example, if you choose a cheaper shipping option that will take longer, please select the 72 hour heat pack. If you've chosen a shorter method of shipping, the 40 or 60 hour increment would work! We like to encourage our customers to always get more than you need, just to be on the safe side!

How long will it take to receive my order?

Standard shipping normally takes 3-5 days. Next day shipping is available on all domestic orders (for an additional charge). International shipping times depend on the products and destination (estimated at checkout).

Do you offer express shipping?

All orders are shipped 5-8 business days from the date it is placed. Please note that as a small plant shop, we do everything in our power to get orders out as fast as we can in the order that they come in. If you have circumstances that require expedited fulfillment, please connect with you and we can potentially offer options. 

What countries do you ship to?

We ship our selection of rare, healthy, and unique houseplants all across the United States including California. At this time, due to customs and agricultural limitations, we are unable to ship plants internationally from the United States.

Returns and Refunds

How do I return a product?

Items must be returned within 30 days after receiving your order. Items must be returned in the same condition in which they were received, be unworn/unused, have any tags still attached, and include all the original packaging.

How long will it take to receive my refund?

Refunds are processed within 7 days from when we receive the item(s).

What should I do if my plant arrives in poor shape? 

In the extremely unlikely event that your plant arrives in less than perfect condition, you're covered by our 15-day plant health guarantee. Simply snap a photo of your plant and send it over to us. We'll happily take a peek and offer suggestions on how to perk it back up, offer a store credit, or send a replacement. We like to make it as easy as possible!

Can I return or exchange a plant?

At this time, we do not accept returns on plants. In extreme circumstances where a return of a plant is necessary, the customer is responsible for the return shipping and a refund will only be issued if the plant arrives back to us in living condition.