| Description | An easy to grow, trailing succulent plant. It grows in hanging baskets or trained on a trellis. Likes bright to moderate light in a warm spot. |
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| Pronunciation | (HOY-ah)(car-NOH-sah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Succulents |
| Sunlight | bright to moderate |
| Moisture | Evenly moist during the growing season and approach dryness in the winter. Likes above average humidity. This is not a requirement to keep them alive but seems to promote the production of more flowers. |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | prefers average house plus-tolerates average house, avoid drafts |
| Flowers | 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 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 | A wiry stems that can be trained on a trellis or grown in a hanging basket. |
| Dimensions | As can be seen from the pictures this plant can reach a length of over 5 feet. |
| Maintenance | very little is needed |
| Propagation | seeds, cuttings |
| Native Site | Asia and the Pacific Isles |
| 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 | #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
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