Hoya calycina 'Papua Sweet scent'
Hoya calycina - Papua Sweet Scent
Botanical name: Hoya calycina
Common name: Wax Flower
Family: Apocynaceae (Formerly:Asclepiadaceae)
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Origin: Papua New Guinea
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Hoya calycina is an easy, and vigorous grower that flowers in response to shortening day length hours. This hardy, vigorous plant makes an ideal houseplant with velvety leaves and fragrant white flowers with red centers. There are varieties with completely white flowers.
Similar plants: Hoya calycina (Wax Flower)
- Hoya archboldiana (Papua Wax Plant)
- Hoya australis (Common Waxflower)
- Hoya bella (Beautiful Hoya)
- Hoya bilobata (Wax Plant)
- Hoya carnosa (Wax Plant)
- Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' (Hindu Rope)
- Hoya curtisii (Million Hearts)
- Hoya kerrii (Wax Hearts)
- Hoya lacunosa (Wax plant)
- Hoya linearis (Porcelain Flower)
Link to this plant:
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