Wax plant

The wax plant usually grows as an epiphyte on trees. Its flowers look strangely artificial, as if made of wax or porcelain. That is why it is called the wax flower or porcelain flower.

Plants

Wax plant

Distribution

Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia

Number of related species

The genus comprises about 70 species.

Habitat at the zoo:

Masoala Rainforest