Hoya bilobata

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Hoya bilobata is a very small hoya. I grow my plant hanging as it has no climbing abilities. It thrives and flowers in a window facing north and it tolerates some drought. It is quite easy to grow and even if it is a small hoya it grows fast. 

The leaf shape is spatulate and the leaf margin is wine red, even if grown in a northern window. The veins are a bit raised and the leaf surface is minutely ciliate. 

I have not sensed any scent of the small, apricot flowers, but that does not necessarily mean that there is none. The flowers are so small you will have to get really close to see how lovely they are. Hoya bilobata flowers mainly in late summer/autumn. 

Hoya tsangii (or whatever it should be called) is often confused with Hoya bilobata.

The backside when the buds open.

On the pictures to the left Hoya sp. aff. leytensis (left) and Hoya bilobata (right) are side by side. The flowers are very similar while the leaves differs more. 

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