Hoya - Plant Encyclopedia Results (Page 3)

Hoya wayetii, also known as Wax Plant, is a beautiful, low-growing, evergreen vine native to the Philippines. It's a hoya best suitable for growing as a hanging plant. This species has reddish-crimson, vinous-colored flowers with slightly darker inner coronas. The blooms are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Growing in USDA Zone 9-11, Hoya wayetii prefers moderate levels of water and shade or semi-shade. It prefers light-well drained soil, and must be kept gently moist throughout growth. If attempting to grow your Hoya wayetii in a pot in a cold region, keeping the pot in a warm room during winter and transplanting the vine in the spring is advised. With good care and adequate environment, this fast growing beauty will reward you with its long-lasting, pinkish-red blooms. According to some sources, Hoya kentiana and Hoya wayettii are different plant species.

They have attractive succulent leaves is a wide variety of sizes, shapes and patterns. Bright red cup shaped very large flowers, with white beneath corona, pink flowers with a darker star in the center. Propagation: cuttings.

Miniature hoya with striped tiny 1/2" leaves, dark green and white, exactly like watermelon stripes! Very unusual and eye-catching. It's an epyphite, can be grown in orchid medium or light potting mix with lots of bark conditioner. Beautiful house plant.

Dischidia platyphylla is an unusual epiphytic vine native to the Philippines, where it grows on tree trunks in warm, humid forests. A member of the Apocynaceae family and a close relative of Hoya, it is best known for its remarkable shield-like leaves that cling tightly to bark. These flattened leaves often overlap one another, creating a shingled pattern that allows the plant to blend almost seamlessly with the surface of its host tree.

Unlike many climbing houseplants grown primarily for flowers, Dischidia platyphylla is valued chiefly for its distinctive foliage and growth habit. The shield leaves help trap moisture and organic debris between the plant and the bark, providing additional nutrients in its epiphytic environment. Smaller normal leaves are produced on the trailing stems, which gradually extend outward from the support surface. Mature plants may also produce small pale flowers, although the foliage remains the main ornamental feature. Dischidia platyphylla grows best in bright filtered light, high humidity, and a very open, fast-draining growing medium. It is particularly well suited to mounted culture, where its natural growth habit can be fully appreciated. Suitable for USDA Zones 10-12, it is most often grown as a specialty container plant by collectors of unusual tropical epiphytes.

Nicknamed Million Hearts because of the long, vining stems that are laden with pairs of heart-shaped, bright green leaves. This plant has a delicate cascading habit, and its vines can grow upwards of 3 feet long. Tiny heart shaped leaves and tiny, white, honey-scented flowers. Needs a well-drained soil mix, such as orchid bark or compost and moderate light.