needs bright light to bloom

this is in front of a north window, with shades on the window.....will it bloom?? I know they need indirect/shade to grow....I hope I dont burn it in front of the window??

Is it a radicans? Looks a lot like mine. I got mine at Lowe's and its labeled radicans. Also, is yours variegated? Its hard to tell in the picture, but the new growth on mine is variegated. A north window doesn't have a whole lot of light, so I would think an east window might be better - it could get some morning sun. Also, you don't have your blinds closed, do you? Funny thing, I went to my DIL and son's house for Easter, and she had the orchid I gave her in a DARK corner of her living room, and the blinds were closed! And she wondered why it wasn't growing or anything. I gently tried to suggest she keep the blinds open!

Randi

Here is a close up of it.....I just know my tag said lipstick vine....I hope thats what it is....lol

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Trace, it's definatly a Lipstick plant..I have mine growing directly in a west window..it's in bloom now. Seems the longer daylight hours, plant is more likely to flower. I hope you keep the shade up. A north window has the least amount of light to begin with and shade is really going to prevent your plant from blooming, and it may get spindly. At the minimum, keep shade up..or move to a brighter location..It's such a pretty lipstick..Toni

I have lacy sheers, so the sun gets through.....I only have North and South windows....which are best??

Hi Trace,

If you want to see a pic of a lipstick plant blooming, try doing a google image search. Good luck with it.
Gabi

Hi trace00969,

Came across this thread while searching lipstick plants. Just wondering if your plant ever flowered? If it did can you post some pics? I just purchased my first 2 lipstick plants and 2 Hoyas a few weeks ago. I'm very excited to see if and when it might bloom.

Thanks for any updates...

Pug, if your Lipsticks are in a bright, sunny window, and now that daylight hours are longer, you should start seeing buds/blooms any time between now till fall.
As for Hoyas, it depends on the type, light, plant and pot size/age..Toni

Thanks Toni,

I have (2) Hoyas outside right now under a florida oak tree, getting some morning sun(3 or 4 hours) and afternoon shade. The lipstick plants I have under a palm tree, getting mostly shade, maybe a couple of hours of filtered sun (8-10 am) in the morning. I guess all I can do is wait, (which I am "not" good at), LOL...

Still, hoping to see some pics of trace's blooms!!

Mines not blooming now but this is a Columnia, I think it's called Lava Flow. Mine needs a west window to bloom.

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Pug, is Trace around anymore??? Her last post here was in Apr 2007...LOL..10 months ago..I don't know if Trace comes here anymore..haven't seen her name but I'm not here as often as I used to be either, so maybe we missed each other.
My Lipsticks are in an upstairs bathroom in a big west window, but since your Lipstick is outdoors, no matter which window my plant is in, yours is going to get a lot more light than mine..especially since you're in Fl..(S) That helps a 'tad.'...Be patient, girl.

James, what a gorgeous Columnea..Look at the flowers, and quite a number..
You said yours isnt blooming now, so is the one pictured yours? Whoever it is, they're doing a great job..
Columnea and Lipstick are so similar in appearance..Toni

Yes that's mine, it's not blooming now, thats from last fall. I thought a lipstick plant was a columnea.

James,

WOW!! That is absolutely spectacular...Unbelievable blooms,thanks so much for posting that picture. I am not familiar with this plant, is it in the Gesneriads family? As I said before I am very new to these plants, so I am just now discovering them slowly... I am looking for a goldfish plant (Nematanthus)? I think is the scientific name. I have been reading about these plants and I really like the flowers. I have been to all my stores and nurseries here, but no one has them. I will keep looking, )o: By the way, I am directionally challenged, LOL, by west window do you mean you get direct sunlight? How many hours? Thanks again for posting the picture.

Hi Toni,

You are probably right, trace is probably long gone, oh well, maybe she will read this and post again.Sun I have plenty of here in Florida, my problem is not to give it too much and burn the darn leaves, LOL... I will try and be patient, but patience has never been my virtue, but I will "try". Thanks for the advise also.

Some of these guys bloom easily and pretty much constantly if they get good enough light, but some only bloom seasonally or intermittently. It really helps to know which one you have (and there are lots!) I have an Aeschynanthus that only blooms late summer/fall, maybe into winter. I have Columneas that never stop (if i take proper care of them!) Same with Nematanthus I think--some bloom most the time, some not so much. Judy Becker gives good information about what to expect as to bloom times at Lauray of Salisbury. Other sites have pictures--help you figure out what you have maybe. Lyon's, Logee's, Kartuz--

puglvr, I think of a west window as the second brightest. South gets sun all day, west all afternoon. Nothing behind me so it's gets sun from 1pm till the sun goes down. Takes a lot of water though, it's in a self watering pot and I still water a few times a week. Yes it's a Gesneriad, got it when very small from Rob's Violets. Lyndon Lyons has a great selection also. Mines not a constant bloomer but it blooms a few times a year and their long lasting.

James, you aren't the first who thought Lipsticks and Columneas were one and the same.
I have a plant book that mentions this confusion. Don't have the exact date, offhand, but there's mention that at one time, both plants were in the same family.. One book says, "Lipsticks are, by the way, amazingly similar to columeneas. Even professionals have a hard time distinguishing between them."
Still, both plants, Gesneriads, require the same care. Toni