Porcelain Flower
Family
Apocynaceae
Origin
Australia
Description
Hoya pubicalyx 'Royal Hawaiian Purple' is a fast-growing woody epiphyte or scrambling shrub with pretty neat flowers. The flowers are up to 1 cm across and comes in bunches of 20 to 40 hanging from along the stems. The bunches may be up to 10 cm across. Clusters with pink-red flowers can be seen on the same plant and at times see almost black clusters. Some of the clusters are even mixed pink and black. The narrow, up to 10 cm long leaves show some silvery-grey flecking patterns
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
