Accession Data:
Hoya imbricata var. basiorotunda
sect. Peltostemma
- Common Name: Ant Hoya
- Family: Apocynaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Indonesia, Phillipines
- Habitat:
- Description: Unusual for its dome-shaped overlapping or imbricate leaves in the fashion of rooftiles providing a covered walkway into the upper branches. The plant produces a network of roots beneath each leaf, exploiting nutrients resulting from the presence of the ant colony.
- Culture: Likes high humidity and warm temps year-round. Avoid direct sunlight to prevent scorching. Cooler temps in winter (low 60's) will initiate flowering.
- USDA Zone: 11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200900071
- Source: Bruce Brethauer
- Provenance: Mounted plant acquired from Bruce Brethauer (private collector) ex Myrom Kimnach ex Ted Green (Hawaii)
- Accession Date: 11-12-2009
- Bench: 3113 - FERN:Huperzia
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-05-2017
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
- Tribe: Marsdenieae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines / Sulawesi
References (external):
- Central Ohio Cactus and Succulent Society {dead link 21 July 2017}
- Hoya imbricata at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
- Hoya imbricata at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
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- Stapeliinae: Stapelia grandiflora
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Tribe Periploceae
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Tribe Alyxieae
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Carisseae
Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
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