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Hoya aldrichii
Christmas Island waxvine is a tall climbing epiphytic vine endemic to Christmas Island, grown for its clusters of pink and white waxy flowers. It is a tropical houseplant that needs bright light, warmth and humidity, and it can be trained up a support.
Hoya aldrichii, commonly known as Christmas Island waxvine, is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae or dogbane family. It is a vine that is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean.
This species of Hoya is a common epiphyte in the shrublands of Christmas Island's coastal terraces.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hoya aldrichii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
