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 »

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Hoya vitellina Blume 1849 is an epiphytic growing wax flower species found in Java, Indonesia. As Hoya vitellina has beautiful flowers, the smell is some kind of very unpleasant. Even if the Hoya vitellina is easy to cultivate it can´t be recommended as an indoor plant, because of its smell. © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Hoya 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 botanist 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 Hoya species. Hoya praetorii flowers Read More »

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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. © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Hoya obscura Elmer ex Read More »

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