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...]

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...]

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...]

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. © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Hoya excavata Teijsm. [read more...]

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

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. The slightly fragrant flowers get a size of about 1,5 cm. © Orchids [read more...]

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 stay just 1 or 2 days. They have a slight scence, which isn´t pleasant. [read more...]