Re: Wax Plant
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Wax Plant
- From: D* M*
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 00:37:44 -0600
- References: <199903210501.XAA24600@lorien.mallorn.com>
>Does anyone know what a 'Wax Plant' is? The leaves are opposite, the
>lower stem woody, the flowers are a red-violet with no sepals that I can
>find, the petals and stamens are attached to a cup with a pistil in the
>center. I saw it in a flower arrangement and am going to try rooting it.
>Thanks,
>Kris in northern CA
>
Kris,
Sounds like one of the various species of Hoya. For a page full of good
species pictures, try:
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/usr/hodgkiss/hoya2.html#pictures
Don
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
AHS Heat Zone #4
d*@post.its.mcw.edu
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