Porcelain Flower

Family

Apocynaceae

Origin

Indonesia

Description

Hoya Collina is a tropical, climbing plant that bear attractive foliage and cupped yellow blooms. The peduncles are long and thin and the drooping flowers can be hard to see in detail unless you are looking from below.

The leaves are 2.5-4 cm long and 2.5-3 cm wide. The leaves are rather thick, mostly all green , but some leaves are spotted

The flowers on Hoya Collina are yellow with yellowish white coronas. They are about 1 cm and almost flat, somewhat reflexed. There are 8-15 flowers in an umbel and the fragrance is like faint butterscotch..

Environment

Easy to grow & don"t require much attention. Hoya do best in filtered light or with lots of artificial light in indoors.

Hoya plants don't ask for much, beyond the well-draining soil and the warm humid conditions ((similar to bromeliads and orchids)

They are epyphite, can be grown in orchid medium or light potting mix with lots of bark conditioner. Hoya like the security of a snug pot, and plants that are a bit root bound will flower more prolifically than those that are swimming around in a giant pot.

This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds .

Landscape Use

It makes a nice hanging basket, but also does really well as a mounted plant