Hoya vitellinoides
- Family-owned nursery located in Oviedo, FL
- From Our Greenhouse to Your House®
- Every plant is pest & disease free.
- Does this plant have a purchasing limit? per no limit
- Low stock - 6 items left
- Backordered, shipping soon
Hoya vitellinoides is a must for foliage lovers, beautiful & thick light green leaves with dark green reticulate venation and a light purple blush on the undersides, Will sun stress shades with of red when exposed to high light. The leaves get ENORMOUS as they mature, 10”x5”! The blooms have a light pleasant scent, perfect spheres of 10-20 finely pubescent flowers with light green to yellow corollas - depending on amount of light it receives - and a white corona, produce a lot of nectar and last an average of 6 days. The name of this Hoya comes from the Latin word vitellinus, meaning a dull reddish yellow "the color of egg yolk" and oides, being resembling that of.
~Do Not let Hoya sit in excess water. As epiphytes, in the wild they would be growing on tree trunks or branches in the forest understory where they would get most of their water just from dew or moisture in the air.
~Hoya are considerably hardy & tolerant of a wide range of growing conditions, but for the best growth it is recommended to provide higher levels of humidity.
~Do Not remove the peduncles [flower stalks] after your Hoya has finished flowering. Hoya are able to rebloom again & again from the same peduncle!
~Feed regularly during the growing season with a low nitrogen fertilizer containing sufficient amounts of phosphorous and potassium.