| Description | An easy to grow plant for the bright to moderate areas of the indoors. The foliage is very colorful having leaves that are green and white along with an occasional reddish one. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Succulents |
| Sunlight | bright to moderate |
| Moisture | Evenly moist during the growing season and approach dryness in the winter. |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | average house to cool |
| Flowers | These flowers are extremely fragrant(almost too sweet smelling)and they produce a sticky liquid. The trick is getting these plants to flower. I grew mine outdoors in the shade of a tree in the summer, and than in a bright cool porch in the winter and the plants flowered profusely for me. Never cut off the old flower buds because the next set of flowers will originate from the same spur. |
| Leaves | The leaves are leathery. |
| Stems | Produces wiry stems that can be trained on a trellis or grown as a hanging basket. |
| Maintenance | very little is needed |
| Propagation | layering, cuttings, seed |
| Cultivar Origin | Hoyas named after Thomas Hoy, head gardener for the Duke of Nothumberland in the late 18th century. |
| Misc Facts | The name Wax Plant comes from the waxy, long lasting wheel shaped flowers. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
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