Daily
Water Requirement
Cream
Flower Color
Fragrant
Fragrance
Hanging
Use
Hoya
Genus
Low
Maintenance
Medium
Size
Yes
With Pots
Indoor Filtered Light,Outdoor Shade
Sunlight Requirement
Balcony,Hanging,Outdoor
Use
Porcelain Flower
Family
Apocynaceae
Origin
Australia
Description
Hoya australis 'Lisa' is a beautiful variegated cultivar of the popular Hoya australis plant. The ovate leaves are colored with swathes of green, yellow and pink. The painterly colors are contrasted by porcelain-white flowers that appear in clusters upon soft pink peduncles. Each umbel can have between 10 and 40 flowers, dep ending on the subspecies, and they last approximately one week. The strong spicy fragrance adds to the appeal of this plant.
Environment
Easy to grow & don't require much attention. Hoya do best in filtered light or with lots of artificial light in indoors.
Hoya plants don't ask for much, beyond the well-draining soil and the warm humid conditions ((similar to bromeliads and orchids)
They are epyphite, can be grown in orchid medium or light potting mix with lots of bark conditioner. Hoya like the security of a snug pot, and plants that are a bit root bound will flower more prolifically than those that are swimming around in a giant pot.
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds .
Landscape Use
It makes a nice hanging basket, but also does really well as a mounted plant
