Hoya motoskei Teijsm. & Binn. is the Japanese H. carnosa. Many Hoya dealers sell it as 'H. carnosa motoskei'. It is a creeper with metre-long shoots. There is clear sap in all parts of the plant. The leaves are elliptical to round and fleshy. They are 10 cm long and about 4 cm wide. The leaf colour is a beautiful dark green. The central vein is clearly visible. All leaves are hairless and have scattered silver spots.The flower umbel is negatively geotropic. 10- 50 single flowers bloom in a round flower ball. The calyx of a single flower has a diameter of 15-18 mm. The individual sepals are oval, about 7-8 mm long and 5-6 mm wide. Corolla flowers are silvery white. The corona also flowers silvery white to red.
This Hoya is named after a Japanese doctor (Dr Motoske).
The genus was named in Modern Latin in honor of English gardener and botanist Thomas Hoy (c. 1750-1822).
Hoya motoskei
Hoya motoskei comes in a ⌀ 6 cm pot and is ca. 10 cm tall
