Hoya picta Miquel has small diamond-shaped leaves 1-3 cm long and 1 cm wide at the centre. The leaves always grow as a pair of leaves to the left and right of the leaf node. The internodes (stalks between the leaf pairs) are relatively long, about 5 cm. The petioles themselves are very short, maximum 3 mm. The leaf colour is a beautiful green, yellow-green in the sun. The leaves are glossy and hairless.The loose flower clusters have between 8 and 20 individual flowers. The umbel stems are long, up to 4 cm. The individual flower stalks are only a few millimetres long. The umbels are small and delicate, with a maximum diameter of 1 cm. The flower colour is a delicate apricot to yellow. H. picta requires good drainage and little water.
The genus was named in Modern Latin in honor of English gardener and botanist Thomas Hoy (c. 1750-1822).
Hoya picta
Hoya picta comes in a ⌀ 6 cm pot and is ca. 10 cm tall
