Don't know if putting down a stem in a nearby pot would work, but I wouldn't be surprised. I regularly de-capitate leggy plants and root the cuttings. If it's leggy and not blooming i would guess it wants more light. Sounds like it might be a sinningia, and while some of them like considerable shade, others need full sun. Very interesting group of plants.

Scandy -

Your idea will work if the stem is still alive.

If you look at the different species of aeschynantus - lipstick plant - most of them are trailing plants,not upright bushy plants. Most common is A. lobbianus - and it is definitely not an upright grower, but a gracious trailing basket plant - so it will not support itself.

To make it bloom you need to provide the conditions close to where it came from. It likes good light - east window will be perfect, south-and south west may be too hot if you do not put the sheer curtan between the plant and the window - or put it 3-4 feet from the window. It likes loose soil - you can get the special African Violet soil from the store and cut it with 1/2 of perlite. It likes to be watered so the soil stays moderately moist - but not drowned in water and it likes to be fertilized - african violet fertilizer 1/4 spoon per gallon with every watering works well.

Try to check what is missing in your case and adjust. Most possibly it is not enough light. I had one like that hanging in the east window - and the main problem was to vacuum the spent flowers from the floor. Yes - and it sometimes takes time to mature before it really gets into blooming.

You can trim your weak stems, repot the old bush into the fresh soil - and it will start sending new shoots.

Good luck

Irina

Here is a link that might be useful: all kinds of aeschynanthus

I have a leggy gloxina. At first, I worried about it but after it bloomed...I said so what if its leggy. It died back and leaves have grown back out - leggy, of course. Just waiting for the blooms.

I would guess what you have is really a sinningia--they used to be known as gloxinia, and still are often listed that way. As above--it probably needs more light. The 'florist gloxinia', or S. speciosa var., needs lots more light than most of our houseplants.