Sarmienta

Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a species of flowering plant, and the sole member of its genus within the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the cool temperate forests|temperate rainforest] of southern and central Chile.
The Latin specific epithet scandens means "climbing".

Description

Reaching just tall by broad, it is a creeping evergreen perennial with small oval leaves and pendent scarlet pitcher-shaped flowers in summer.

In temperate regions it is usually grown under glass, either epiphytically or using a specialist potting medium containing leaf mould or sphagnum moss. It may be placed outside during the summer months, in a warm sheltered spot where the temperature does not fall below. It may however survive brief periods down to.
The plant is still widely advertised as Sarmienta repens, a name which is now regarded as illegitimate.
Sarmienta scandens has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of [Garden Merit].