Hoya chlorantha Rech. 1908, native to Oceania, has been discovered by the Austrian Botanist Karl Rechinger (1867–1952) in Samoa in the year 1905.The wax flower Hoya chlorantha is a fast-growing, epiphytic tropical climber, the umbels include up to 25 flowers. Single flowers reach a size of about 2 cm in diameter. To come into bloom Read More »
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While the American botanist Ted Green named the epiphytic growing Hoya deykeae Green 2000 he made a mistake with the Latin grammar and named the tropical wax flower Hoya deykei, this has been corrected by him later on, but both names aren´t even acceped by IPNI (International Plant Name Index), Tropicos or Kew Monocot List. Read More »
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Hoya multiflora Blume 1826 is a shrub-like tropical wax flower plant native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. As the name multiflora already suggests, Hoya multiflora is an indefatigable bloomer all around the year, but is very sensitiv to any kind of changes during the flower period. If the plant sprout blooms, it Read More »
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Hoya pubicalyx Black Dragon isn´t a hybrid, the outstanding plant has been found on Luzon Island at the Philippines. As we`ve got a call from our beloved friend and supporter “Madame Hoya”, we went to visit her in her small shop at Kamthieng market Chiang Mai, North Thailand. Look what a beautiful “black” Hoya I`ve Read More »
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Hoya elliptica Hook. f. 1883 is an epiphytic, associated in symbiosis with ants, growing tropical plant, endemic to Malaysia and Thailand. In natural surroundings Hoya elliptica can reach lengths up to 8 meters. The wax flower plant grows into or grows out of ant nests. Hoya elliptica flowers get a size of about 1 cm Read More »
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Hoya macgillivrayi F. M. Bailey 1914 with its magnificent flowers has been named by Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882-1967), a British intelligence officer, in honour to the Australian Naturalist, Physician and Ornithologist William David Kerr Macgillivray (1867 – 1933). Hoya macgillivrayi is endemic to the Iron Range – McIlwraith Range area of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Read More »
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Hoya naumannii Schltr. 1908 has been found at the island of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) in the year 1873. The German botanist Rudolf Schlechter named the wax flower plant in honour to its finder Naumann. Hoya naumannii flowers reach a size of about 2 cm. Flowering period: September – October © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Hoya Read More »
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Like many Hoya, wax flowers, Hoya excavata Teijsm. & Binn. 1863 flowers are highly fragrant. The strong, but very pleasant scent is reminescent of vanilla. Hoya excavata is native to Borneo and has been primarily described by the Dutch botanists Johannes Elias Teijsmann and Simon Binnendijk in 1863. Flowers are grouped in umbels of …
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A red Hoya mindorensis Schltr. 1906 was the first waxflower of the Hoya mindorensis species, which has been found in the Philippines. Hoya mindorensis plants are available in several colors. The beautiful flower balls get a size of about 10 cm in diameter. © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Red Hoya mindorensis Schltr. 1906
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Hoya retusa Dalzell 1852 is an epiphytic growing Hoya wax flower, found in India and Indonesia. The shape of the leaves of the Hoya retusa species is quite different to other Hoya plants, the leaves are thin and long like spider legs. Flowers appear singulary, not like other Hoyas in umbels of many flowers. The Read More »
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The tropical climber Hoya camphorifolia Warburg 1906 has been discovered by the German botanist Otto Warburg on the island of Luzon, Philippines. The small, pink flowers (about 0,5 cm) open in the morning and close in the evening. Hoya camphorifolia flowers are short-living and last just 1 or 2 days. They have a slight scence, Read More »
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Hoya vitellina Blume 1849 is an epiphytic growing wax flower vine species found in Java, Indonesia. As Hoya vitellina has beautiful flowers, the smell is some kind of very unpleasant. Even if Hoya vitellina is easy to cultivate it can´t be recommended as an indoor plant, because of its smell. Flowers are grouped in semicircular Read More »
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The spectacular Hoya praetorii Miq. 1856 has been namend by the Dutch botanist Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811-1871) in honour to the plant collector Christiaan Frederik Eduard Praetorius (1799 – 1846). Hoya praetorii is native to Sumatra and Java, Indonesia and is related to Hoya lasiantha, which seems to be another, different Hoya species. …
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The wax flower Hoya obscura Elmer ex C. M. Burton 1986 has been found by A. D. E. Elmer in the year 1916 on the island of Luzon, Philippines. Hoya obscura flowers are highly fragrant, the scent is reminescent of a mixture of honey, lemon and lavender. The tropical climber is considered as an easy-to-gtow Read More »
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The beautiful waxflower Hoya lobbii Hooker f. 1883
has been named by the English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 – 1911)
in honour to its discoverer…
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Lemonia (Ravenia spectabilis)
Bulbophyllum orectopetalum
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Blume & Rchb. f. 1860
Epidendrum ciliare (Coilostylis ciliaris)
Man of the Earth (Ipomoea pandurata)
Dendrobium infundibulum Lindl.1859
Paphiopedilum insigne
Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
Phalaenopsis Golden Beauty
Paphiopedilum parishii
Hoya megalaster
Vandachostylis Thai Sky
Phalaenopsis violacea fo. coerulea Christenson
Oceanblue Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica)
Buddha’s Lamp (Mussaenda philippica var. aurorae)
Hoya waymaniae Kloppenb.1995
Brassia Eternal Wind “Summer Dream”
Phalaenopsis × valentinii
Hoya carnosa white
Cattleya Tainan City
Monkey Flower Tree (Phyllocarpus septentrionalis)
Bulbophyllum sikkimense (Cirrhopetalum sikkimense)
Spathoglottis Citrus Cooler Sorbet