#waxvine

First flowers! Common names for this genus are waxplant, waxvine, waxflower or simply hoya. This genus was named by botanist Robert Brown, in honour of his friend, botanist Thomas Hoy. Hoya carnosa has been shown in recent studies at the University of Georgia to be an excellent remover of pollutants in the indoor environment. Various cultures have used hoyas medicinally, especially Polynesian cultures. ・・・ #growninhaiti #hoya #waxplant #waxvine #waxflower #hoyacarnosa #haiti #ayiti #garden #agroforestry #ornamental #fragrant #medicinal #organic #nogmos #nopesticides #noherbicides https://www.instagram.com/p/BzIlof2FRoy/?igshid=1j5hitz3aay10

Who needs flowers when you have such foliage? I have no idea what is making the leaves of my Hoya all shades of green like this. Makes me wonder what the flowers will look like, if it ever decides to bloom. There is so much variation in hoyas that its impossible for me to tell what this is. I just picked it up as a young sprout in some random flower shop in the depths of Üsküdar.