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Browse Hoya pages and Growing Profiles, with photographs, names, growing observations, and supporting sources.

The directory grows as research is reviewed. Each page shows what is known, where the evidence comes from, and which questions remain open.

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6 Hoya pages · 77 Growing Profiles

Cluster of pale Hoya australis flowers with red colouring near their centres.
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald (Junglenut). CC BY-SA 4.0

Hoya australis

Hoya australis is a species that grows as a vine or subshrub, with fleshy leaves and clusters of fragrant, cream-to-white flowers with red colouring…

Hoya australis Kapoho

A Hawaiian introduction described with large leaves and a good flowering habit in a 2007 grower article.

Succulent-leaved plants identified as Hoya australis subsp. rupicola growing among rocks on a cliff face.
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Hoya australis subsp. rupicola

A shrubby or scrambling subspecies with very succulent, hairy leaves, recorded on sandstone outcrops and cliffs.

Hoya australis subsp. sana

A climbing subspecies with succulent leaves and rolled-under margins, recorded from coastal vine thickets in northern Queensland.

Hoya australis Tonga

A cultivated label documented for a large-leaved form with large flowers in a 2007 grower article.

Variegated Hoya australis Lisa foliage with green and pale central colouring.
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Hoya australis ‘Lisa’

The established variegated cultivar and its naming history.

Thick heart-shaped leaves attached along green climbing stems.
Photo: Tangopaso. CC BY-SA 3.0

Hoya kerrii

A climbing Hoya with thick, heart-shaped leaves and rounded clusters of waxy flowers.

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