You can increase humidity by placing the plant on a watered pebble tray or using a humidifier.įor further information about Hoya, check out our blog. Humidity: Hoya would prefer higher humidity, between 60-80% but do well to adapt to average home humidity. You can dilute fertiliser to half the recommended amount but never add more. It is a relatively new Hoya that was established in 2004. A lovely trailing plant with speckled leaves which produces gorgeous fuzzy star shaped flower clusters that have a sweet caramel scent. Hoya Gracilis Memoria 4-6' Sold out 29.99 - 39.99 Availability: Out of stock Hoya Gracilis is sometimes referred to as Hoya memoria. I also recommend potting Hoya in coco chips.įertilising: Feed your plant every few waterings during the growing season or when you observe active growth. Hoya Gracilis Hoya Gracilis originates from the Philippines and is a great beginners house plant, as it is very easy to care for and will tell you when it needs watering. Potting mix: A chunky well-draining mix composed of coco coir, perlite or vermiculite, orchid bark, worm castings and some horticultural charcoal. If your Hoya is potted in a chunky, fast draining mix, you may need to water more frequently.
Water: Given adequate light, allow the mix to dry out a little. More hours of light are thought to encourage flowering. The leaves of this Hoya are flecked with variegation and the new growth is dark red. Light: Bright indirect light, meaning the plant sees the sun for 0-4 hours per day - this could be through trees or a translucent curtain, it’s important for the plant to see the sky in order to thrive. Hoya gracilis commonly referred to as Hoya memoria is a shrub like climber that produces small, pale pink red, heavily scented flowers and blooms prolifically indoors when given bright, but indirect light. Specific epithet comes from the Latin meaning slender. Genus name is new Latin, named after Thomas Hoy ( c. Botanical Name: Hoya gracilis Light: Bright indirect light Loves a sunny window Water: Loves high humidity Soil should be more on the dry side. It is a robust plant and only requires average. It has attractive waxy foliage with pretty speckled leaves and sweetly caramel perfumed flowers. Native to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, it makes an easy houseplant, ideally suited for pots or a hanging basket. Leaves have silvery splashes with some pink or bronzed tones on the upper leaf surface. Hoya memoria 'gracilis' is a vining epiphytic plant in the Apocynaceae family. Blooms are said to be similar to those of Hoya lacunosa - revolute and fuzzy. It is an epiphytic climber with lanceolate-elliptic shaped leaves, they are glabrous with an acute apex. Hoya gracilis is part of the Apocynaceae family and it's native range is Sulawesi.
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