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A Hoya carnosa flower. (Frank Vincentz)
The wax plant or porcelain flower, Hoya carnosa, is an attractive ornamental plant, native to Eastern Asia and Australia.
The Hoya’s unique appearance and heavily fragrant blossoms make it a popular indoor plant.
The flowers are semi-glossy with a fuzzy sheen due to tiny hairs on their surface, and are borne in clusters of up to 30 flowers. Each individual flower is about 0.6 inches (1.5 cm) in diameter.
The plant is a climber and is easily propagated from cuttings.
Research at the University of Georgia found the wax plant to be an excellent air purifier, capable of absorbing different types of toxic indoor pollutants. The plant, along with four other plants with the same function, were identified as “super ornamental” plants.
See a time-lapse video of the wax plant’s blooming here.
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