Orange Bell-Climber

About

Marianthus bignoniaceus, commonly known as orange bell-creeper, is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is native to the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia. It is a slender climber with egg-shaped or narrowly egg-shaped leaves and green and orange or salmon-pink flowers arranged singly or in pairs.

How to spot it

Marianthus bignoniaceus is a slender twiner with reddish brown stems that are silky-hairy at first, but become glabrous as they age. Its adult leaves are egg-shaped or narrowly egg-shaped, 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long and 6–25 mm (0.24–0.98 in) wide on a short petiole. Both surfaces of the leaves have scattered, soft hairs. The flowers are borne singly or in pairs on a slender, pendent pedicel 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, the sepals lance-shaped and joined at the base, 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) lon

Documented on these trails

Found in

• Cathedral Range State Park — Melbourne, the Dandenongs & Central Victoria hikes