Lipstick plant

[RJSquirrel]

I had this a long time and it never bloomed for me. I bought it bec the foliage was nice even without the blooms. Now I know why its called a Lipstick plant. .


theres the pollen cap inside the lip. Orchids even helped me learn the flower parts..


here what a capsule looks like just before it opens.


they look like little purple fuzzy cowbells.
its fun to grow different kinds of plants that bloom on occasion


I have a Black Pagoda lipstick plant that bloomed earlier this year but the blooms were rather insignificant to be kind. They were off-yellow and transparent. Not very exciting either was I only had 4 little tiny weakly blooms