Hoya multiflora Blume

This hoya comes from Malaysia and the Philippines and it was described in 1823. I have read that the one sold as multiflora should be called javanica, but the one sold as multiflora 'Speckles' is said to be the true multiflora...? Until I know more I'll leave it like this...

Hoya multiflora has a compact, upright, shrubby growth and doesn't branch on its own. Cutting the top off promote branching. The leaves are 8-14 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, thin, dark green with visible veins and some flecks. It's one of the easiest hoyas to grow, IF given plenty of water...

There are a few different clones of Hoya multiflora. One has green leaves with only a few flecks, one has very flecked leaves, one has narrower leaves... The flowers differ some in shape and colour too and I guess I'll know more about that when my plants bloom.

Just like the name indicates, it flowers a lot and often, multi = many and flora = flower. The flowers have white coronas and yellow/white reflexed corollas, a few clones have more orange flowers. There can be up to 40 of these rocket like flowers in an umbel and they produce lots of nectar. The flowers are about 2 cm and last up to 12 days. Sometimes it flowers from the same peduncle again, but normally this hoya drops them after flowering. The flowers have a vague lemon like smell if you stick your nose into them. Especially late at night or early in the morning...