Aeschynanthus humilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte with leathery leaves, red flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to east Asia, and was described in 1903.
Taxonomy The species was described by William Hemsley in 1903.
Distribution Aeschynanthus humilis is native to the wet tropical biome of south-central China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The species grows on trees in forested valleys, at elevations of .
Description Aeschynanthus humilis is an epiphytic subshrub. The stems are long.
The leaves are arranged oppositely, or are in groups of three. The leaves are leathery, oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, long, and wide. The leaf margins are smooth. The leaf stems are up to long.
The inflorescences lack stems, and have one to three flowers. The flower stems are long. The calyx is long, has five lobes, and is often red to purple. The calyx tube is wide at the mouth. The lobes are narrowly triangular, long, and wide. The corolla is red, and long. The plant flowers from September to January.
The seed is a long capsule. The seeds have a hairlike appendage at each end, which is long.
Nomenclature In Chinese, Aeschynanthus humilis is known as ().
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