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Hoya carnosa
Hoya carnosa R. Br.
Wax Plant, Wax Flower, Porcelain Flower
Very vigorous vine, with long branches up to more than 5 m long, hanging
or climbing, if assisted with tutors, thick, woody, fickle, with aerial
rootlets and covered with a thin grayish-brown bark.
The leaves, very fleshy, shiny, dark green and up to 8 cm long, are simple, alternate, short and thickly petiolate, ovate to lanceolate in outline, pointed at the apex and entire at the edges.
The leaves, very fleshy, shiny, dark green and up to 8 cm long, are simple, alternate, short and thickly petiolate, ovate to lanceolate in outline, pointed at the apex and entire at the edges.
Its small and delicate flowers, about 1 cm in diameter, star-shaped and
waxy consistency, are grouped in large inflorescences up to more than 8
cm in diameter, forming a beautiful umbel that resembles the celestial
dome on a starry night.
Each flower has a whitish coloration, which turns pink with time, around an intense red center.
Each flower has a whitish coloration, which turns pink with time, around an intense red center.
This singular species comes from Australia and Southeast Asia, having
been introduced in the Canary Islands as an ornamental plant. It is
relatively common in gardens in the middle and lower areas of the
islands, and can also be grown in bright interiors.
It flowers from mid-spring until well into autumn.
It flowers from mid-spring until well into autumn.
