Hoya kerriii

Hoya kerriii

  • Hoya kerriii
  • Hoya kerriii
  • Flower name
    Hoya kerriii
  • Scientific name
    Hoya kerriii
  • Aliasシャムサクララン, Hoya kerriii, wax plant, Valentine Hoya, ホヤ, ラブハート
  • Place of originThailand, Laos, and other Southeast Asian countries
  • Place of floweringGreenhouse, Potted flower
  • Flowering seasonJune, July, August, September

What is Hoya kerriii

Hoya kerriii (scientific name: Hoya kerriii) is a vine, epiphytic, and succulent plant native to Thailand, Laos, and other Southeast Asian countries in the genus Hoya of the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a 30-400 cm long vine that wraps around other trees or posts. The leaves are heart-shaped, 6 cm long and 0.5 cm thick, and are attached in opposite pairs. Leaf color can be green or variegated green with yellow. From June to September, a diffuse inflorescence, about 5 cm in diameter, grows from the leaf axils and produces numerous small, fragrant, pretty, star-shaped, pink flowers. The petals are 1.2 to 1.5 cm in diameter, and the petals are tubular joints. The flowers are followed by pouch flowers. The heart-shaped leaves are popularly planted in small flowerpots.
It is also called "Siamese Cherry Orchid" because it is mostly from Thailand, and "Love Heart" or "Love Heart" because of its cute heart shape.

Common name: Hoya kerriii, scientific name: Hoya kerriii, also known as Siamese cherry orchid, Valentine Hoya, wax plant, Place of origin. Thailand, Laos and other Southeast Asian countries; life form: vine, epiphytic, succulent; vine length: 30-400 cm; leaf shape: heart-shaped; leaf blade: 6 cm; leaf thickness: 0.5 cm; inflorescence: opposite; leaf color: green, yellow variegated on green; leaf margin: entire, bisexual, radially symmetrical; inflorescence: paniculate; inflorescence diameter: 5 cm; flowering period: June-September Small flower shape: aromatic, star-shaped; Small flower diameter: 1.2-1.5 cm; Petals: tubular jointed flowers; Fruit type: Buccal; Uses: potted, greenhouse, ornamental plant.


  • Order
    Gentianales
  • Family
    Apocynaceae
  • Genus
    Hoya
  • Species
    H. kerriii
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Tubular
  • Leaf type
    oblong
  • Edge of the leaf
    Wavy
  • Life type vine, epiphytic, and succulent plant
  • Flower colorsPink
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height30.0 ~ 400.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.2 ~ 1.5 cm

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