Nematanthus

Nematanthus
Nematanthus wettsteinii showing the distinctive "goldfish" flower of some species in the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:	Gesnerioideae
Genus:	Nematanthus Schrad. (1821)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Hypocyrta Mart. (1829) Orobanchia Vand. (1788)

Nematanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil.^[1] Compared to other gesneriads, Nematanthus has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation. The flower has fused petals. In some species, the flower has a "pouch" at the bottom. The fancied resemblance of such flowers to a goldfish gives these plants the common name goldfish plant or guppy plant.

Hummingbirds will often feed from the nectar-filled "goldfish" flowers.