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Hoya bilobata is a small trailing or climbing epiphyte from the Philippines, grown for its tiny, sweetly fragrant pink-and-yellow flower clusters. It needs bright indirect light, a fast-draining airy mix, and to be kept slightly pot-bound to encourage flowering.
Hoya bilobata, commonly known as wax plant or porcelain flower, is a smaller species of the genus Hoya native to the Philippines. Hoya bilobata is just one of over 200 species of the genus Hoya.
Hoya plants often mislabelled as Hoya bilobata or Hoya tsangii in garden centers and big-box stores are actually Hoya sp. DS-70. This happens because the foliage of the three species so closely resemble each other, it is nearly impossible to differentiate between them without seeing the blooms of the plant. The difference between H. bilobata and H. sp. DS-70 is that the leaves of bilobata are non-pubescent and the flowers are smaller. This makes finding an actual H. bilobata more difficult to find than the H. sp DS-70.
Hoya bilobata prefers temperatures between 60–95 °F. Outdoors, it can be grown in a bright shaded area, and indoors it does best in bright indirect light. Like most Hoyas, Hoya bilobata should be potted in a light, airy potting medium. A good mix is equal parts sphagnum moss, perlite, and orchid bark which will allow for sufficient drainage to prevent root rot. Hoya species tend to grow better in smaller pots, which allows for their roots to become pot-bound. This can also encourage flowering.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hoya bilobata 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.
