Hoya’Rebecca '
category : ApocynaceaeSubfamily : AsclepiadoideaeTribe : MarsdenieaeGenus : Hoya
Hoya’Rebecca ' is a hybrid make by Antone Jones and results from a cross betweenHoya lacunosa’Langkawi Island ' andHoya obscura .
Private collection, Singapore. Photo by Bun Tay. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Hoya’Rebecca ' is a climbing or trailing plant with stringy stem that hold unripe oval impart with pointed ends and lighter veins . Once established , it develop quick and readily blooms . When bring out to acute sunlight , the leaves take on a blood-red hue , but the veins remain a contrasting light leafy vegetable .
The flowers have a foggy , pinkish to pale pinkcorollaand a yellowcorona . They have a sweet redolence and appear in droopingumbelsin spring and summer . The umbels typically have between 15 to 25 flowers .
Light : H.‘Rebecca ' grow well indoors in lustrous collateral light but will tolerate pretty low low-cal degree . However , it becomes light and leggy , acquire fewer leave of absence , and may not bloom without promising light .
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Soil : Whatever grease you set yourH.‘Rebecca ' in , it should be well - draining , provide first-class aeration , and not hold too much urine .
Temperature : As a tropic plant , H.‘Rebecca thrives in quick , dampish mood . During the moth-eaten months , keep it aside from draughty windows and doorway . It can withstand temperatures as humiliated as 40 ° F ( 4.4 ° cytosine ) . USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 11a to 11 b are 40 to 50 ° F ( 4.4 to 10 ° C ) .
Watering : water system regularly in leaping and summertime . fleece the stain thoroughly until the water drains out of the drainage holes . Then , let the soil dry out out between waterings . H.‘Rebecca ' is comparatively inactive and needs only moderate tearing in downfall and winter .
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feed : This industrial plant is not a particularly laborious feeder . However , it appreciates some extra micronutrients and macronutrients . Therefore , give with half - metier high - potassium fertilizer every two weeks or so during the mature season .
Repotting : As an epiphytic plant , H.‘Rebecca ' has quite shallow root systems and does not require a inscrutable container , nor does it need to be repotted often . It prefers growing a bit tight in its container . Therefore , repot in saltation if it outgrows its container .
Propagation : you may easily get newfangled plant from your existingH.‘Rebecca ' by stem cutting . leafage cutting can be more problematical . The practiced metre to take cuttings is spring or summer when the plant is actively growing . The easiest method of propagation is by layer .
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Learn more atHow to Grow and Care for Hoya .
H.‘Rebecca ' is non - toxic to humans and pets .
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