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Hoya or Wax Flower

Hoya potsii

Photo by Andrea Lim
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Field Notes

Description:

Characterised by clusters of waxy-looking flowers, fleshy leaves, semi-epiphytic, twining stems and roots, hanging high in the trees.

Habitat:

Growing in lowland tropical rainforest, Freshwater Creek State Forest

Reference Links:

Hoya pottsii - Overview, Hoya, Factsheet - Hoya pottsii

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Comments (3)
Andrea Lim
Thank you Gerardo and Mayra. Yes the flowers almost look ceramic, don't they?

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Flowers of Oceania
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Biology and Mathematics

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PublishedMarch 6, 2013

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