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The leaves are dark green, hairy, and have grey spots intermittently dispersed. The flowers produced are extremely fuzzy with a light green corolla and a white corona with a bit of pink towards the center of the flower, with finally a yellow center. The flowers last about a week, and unlike other Hoyas, produce very little nectar. Additionally ...
Hoya carnosa Hoya mindorensis, Sydney, Australia.. Hoya is a genus of over 500 species of plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, commonly known as waxflowers. [2] Plants in the genus Hoya are mostly epiphytic or lithophytic vines, rarely subshrubs, with leathery, fleshy or succulent leaves, shortly tube-shaped or bell-shaped flowers with five horizontally spreading lobes, the flowers in ...
A single flower (corolla) has a diameter of 1.5 to 2 cm. [5] Like most species of Hoya, H. carnosa flowers from specialised perennial peduncles; sometimes these structures are referred to as spurs. These appear from the axils of the leaves and stem; flowers may not be produced when the spurs first appear, but in time buds emerge from their tips ...
While these plants are relatively low maintenance, it’s not unusual for peace lily leaves to turn yellow here and there due to stress, pests, or other issues. This guide explains the most common ...
The H. bilobata leaves have a variable, sub-orbicular or broadly elliptic shape, with the leaf base being rounded to sub-acute and the leaf apex being obtuse-rounded. The adaxial surface of the leaves are a dull, olive-green colour with the abaxial surface being a lighter green. Leaves are generally 1.7–2.2 cm in length and 1.3–1.8 cm in width.
Hoya australis is a succulent climbing vine to subshrub that typically reaches a height of 4–10 m (13–33 ft). It has fleshy or leathery, elliptic, oblong, egg-shaped or more or less round leaves up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long and 120 mm (4.7 in) wide.
Hoya bella, the beautiful hoya, waxflower or pretty waxflower, is a species of tropical epiphyte with trailing stems, slightly succulent leaves and pendant umbels of fragrant, white and purple flowers. It is an asclepiad in the periwinkle and milkweed family, Apocynaceae.
Annual autumn leaf drop in temperate zones is caused by the abscission of the mature leaves from the growth season in response to the approach of cold winter weather. Abscission (from Latin ab- 'away' and scindere 'to cut') is the shedding of various parts of an organism , such as a plant dropping a leaf , fruit , flower , or seed .