Hoya

Description: Native to Asia, Australia and Polynesia this plant is also called waxflower or waxplant. Hoyas are evergreen climbing ... more

Hoya ... vines or shrubs growing to 1-10 m.

Newest Review: ... of the site (it's life size), in contrast to the specimen you see here the blossoms of my Hoya are threefold, the outer layer is light pink, then comes a smaller, even lighter, layer with the tips between the tips of the outer layer, and in the middle is a dark small layer, its tips also between the ones of the layer underneath. One umbel has about thirty to forty blossoms, they look indeed ... more

... as if made of wax or porcelain, hence the names Waxflower of Porcelain Flower. In the evening and at night the flowers give off a sweet and sickly fragrance which is not unpleasant, the theory is that in their natural habitat Hoyas are probably pollinat...more

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Hoya: Weeping Wax (913 words)
by - written on 08/08/08 (Very useful, 224 readings)
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I inherited my Hoya, aka Waxflower or Porcelain flower, from my mother, that was ten years ago, I don't know for how long she had had it, I guess that the plant is between 30 and 40 years old. I don't know anyone else who's got such a plant, I've always seen my specimen as singular. When I browsed the net for some background information, I learned to my surprise that nobody can say how many species there are, but an estimated figure is 200 - 300. Why such a vague estimate? Many new species are still being found in Eastern Asia and Australia, and until a find has been categorised, it's not clear if it is indeed new or if it's already in the list. The plant is named after ... Read the complete review