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Hoya calycina subsp. calycina |
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Schlechter |
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Published in Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik 1 125 (1913) by Schlechter. Hoya calycina originates from Papua New Guinea. The first Hoya calycina subsp. calycina
I owned was a cutting I bought from a hoya collector. After two years I
gave up on it as it just wouldn't grow. In 2007 I bought a big plant,
with a lot of buds, at the florist´s. It was in bloom for four weeks! |
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The whole plant is pubescent and the leaves are quite hard. The large, campanulate flowers spread a heavy, sweet scent during the evenings. If there are more than one umbel in bloom at the same time the scent can be quite overwhelming. This hoya needs to dry some between waterings. I have my plant in a sunny southern window where it seems to thrive. |
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