Hoya carnosa
Wax Plant, Honey Plant, Porcelain Flower, Porcelainflower, Honeyplant, Waxflower, Waxplant, Common Wax-plant, Stuorrâposlinkukká
Description
Epiphytic evergreen botanical species with a hanging or creeping habit. It has fleshy, leathery, glossy green leaves of a solid colour or with lighter edging depending on the variety, which give it a high ornamental value as well as the distinctive umbrella-top inflorescences bearing fragrant star-shaped flowers with a waxy, velvety appearance. In relation to climatic requirements, it is mainly cultivated in Europe as an indoor plant for hanging baskets or pots. It requires a bright location, sheltered from cold draughts and temperature fluctuations.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Hoya
- Species
- Hoya carnosa
Synonyms (13)
- Asclepias carnosa
- Hoya chinensis
- Hoya compacta
- Hoya crassifolia
- Hoya intermedia
- Hoya motoskei
- Hoya picta
- Hoya rotundifolia
- Hoya skinneriana
- Hoya variegata
- Schollia chinensis
- Schollia crassifolia
- Stapelia chinensis
