Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella
Pretty wax plant, Miniature wax plant
Also known as Hoya bella
- Height × spread
- 0.45m × 0.5m
- Position
- Part shade
- Hardiness
- Heated greenhouse 5C & above (RHS H1c)
- Flowers
- Summer
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About this plant
This makes a compact shrub that has generally lance-shaped leaves and branching stems. It has comparatively large heads of sweetly fragrant flowers that dangle and are carried in clusters of eight to ten individual blooms, each held on a sturdy stalk, to make a large flat-faced bloom overall. The individual florets have white starry flowers with a raised maroon centre that also has five little petals and a pointed centre. The flowers are slightly artificial in appearance, giving rise to the general name 'Wax Flower'. The flowers are a feature in summer. The plant is partially pendulous in habit, and partially upright and is epiphytic in character. Grow it in a good houseplant compost to which some gravel has been added. It likes a spot with bright indirect light since it can be burnt by the summer sunshine. Water before it is dry whilst in growth, a little less often in winter. It should be kept where the temperature remains above 15 degrees Centigrade.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, sweet
- Shape
- Weeping
- Height
- 0.45m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Indoors, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Heated greenhouse 5C & above (RHS H1c)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Indoor light
- A light position not direct sun
- Indoor temperature
- 10C minimum temperature
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Indoors
Feed with houseplant food monthly
Give the plant a balanced houseplant feed monthly while in growth.
Where food elements are listed as three numeric values on the label representing in order Nitrogen(N)-Phosphorus(P)-Potassium(K), with percentage values for each, choose one where the values are more or less equal.
Spring-Autumn · Indoors
Water regularly during growth
Water regularly while in growth.
Adopt a regime that means the plants are thoroughly watered every week so that they do not become dessicated. In hot weather watering may need to be more frequent, but less often in cool or moist conditions.
Winter
Winter · Indoors
Water moderately in winter
Water moderately.
Give a small amount of water so that the plant doesn't become flaccid (leaves lose their firmness and may droop or look lifeless), or dessicated, but do not saturate the compost or leave it standing in water.
Planting & general
Compost · Planting
Loam based houseplant compost for repotting
Buy container or house plant compost that is loam based if possible (i.e. is based on John Innes compost number 2 or 3. This contains more fertiliser and is better suited to established plants.
John Innes no. 1 has the lowest level of fertiliser and is used for seedlings and young plants, so is generally used where plants will be 'potted on' after a number of weeks.
Indoor temperature · Planting
10C minimum temperature
This plant requires a minimum temperature of 10 Centigrade.
Indoor plant · Planting
Position in indirect light indoors
Give the plant a position that is cool and light, and away from direct sunshine.
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