Porcelain Flower

Family

Apocynaceae

Origin

Philippines

Description

Hoya Dimorpha leaves are 8-11 cm long, 3.5-5 cm wide. Older leaves are rather dark green with even darker visible veins, and younger leaves are lighter green and sort of shiny. New leaves tend to get red from the sun. It seems to be a slow grower.

The almost flat flowers have mostly yellow, but sometimes more peachy corollas and the corona is also mostly yellow, but can have a little red in the center (when more peachy). Usually there are 15-25 flowers in an umbel and each flower measures about 1-1.5 cm in diameter and seems to produce little nectar. The flowers last about 4-5 days and had only a very vague undiscribable fragrance.

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