ASCLEPIAS is a genus of tropical and semitropical American small shrubs - the basis of the family name. Plant in good soil, in strong light, keep in the open garden during good weather. Monarch Butterfly caterpillars love this one for dinner! Breakfast?

CALOTROPIS is a genus of tropical shrubs or small trees. Flowers are heavy and thick with a tall corona. Need room and good light. Grow on the dry side. This is not a house plant.

CENTROSTEMMA is a genus of tropical asclepiads quite different from Hoyas in that the corona is high and pointed, with the inner lobes pointing up and the outer lobes reflexed and spreading. This arrangement makes it look like a SHOOTING STAR. These plants are all tropical bushy plants and need the same treatment as Hoyas. Well established plants can reach 6 ft. across (as I saw at Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia). This genus is sometimes listed as a section of the genus Hoya.

The shingle (imbricate) types must have a flat support otherwise the new leaves will curl up and be much smaller. Ants live under the imbricate leaves that are attached to a support.

I am thankful for the assistance of Tanya Livschultz for reviewing and making suggestions for this list. 

SOME LEAVES OF MEMBERS OF THE H. FINLAYSONII COMPLEX

TOP ROW: H. finlaysonii, H. sp. Germany, H. clemensiorum and H. vitellina

BOTTOM ROW: H. callistophylla, H. meredithii, H. deykeae and H. sp.

ariadna, Decne.     C- 2" shell-pink flowers; l0-12 in umbel; odd odor; leaves 4", shiny, boat shaped, on a robust vine. Whole plant is bald. Add oyster shell to mix. Indonesia, Western Solomons    An Eriostemma. This is the Hoya shown in the Hoyatelegrafen as H. gigas, which it isn't.

arnottiana, Wight     C- 3/4", all white flowers, very fragrant; 25-40 in umbel; leaves 5", husky, smooth, on a robust vine. India

australis, R. Brown     A- 1/2" to 3/4", white and pink flowers; 20-40 in umbel; leaves extremely variable, on a very robust vine. Australia-Samoa. Typical form, but here are some others:

---variegata C- As type, except leaves green with yellow blotches, edges or whole leaf yellow. This is interesting. Hort.

ssp keysii ym     C- 1/2” white flowers, leaves 1" - 1-1/2", fuzzy, nearly round, on a moderate vine. Should be grown on the dry side to see its typical growth. Australia

ssp rupicola, Hill    $30 for 2" cutting.. 1/2", white flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves thick, light green, 4" on a stocky bush.  This is xerophytic so grow it dry in winter. Australia

var Tonga        C- Largest leaf of all the australises .  Flowers as type, about 3/4".  Tonga

NEW badaensis, Green & Kloppenburg    D- 1-1/2" orange to red flowers; 2-5 in umbel; medium sized, fuzzy leaves on a loose vine. An Eriostemma.    Sulawesi, Indonesia.  Add oyster shell to mix

HOYA BADAENSIS

bella, Hooker     C- 1/2", white and pink flowers; l0 in umbel; leaves diamond shaped, 1 -1/4", on a modest shrubby bush. Northern India

benguetensis, Schl    C-1/3", yellow and reddish flowers; 15-20 in umbel; medium sized leaves with prominent veins, on a modest vine. Plant like bordenii.  Luzon, Philippines

benitotanii, Kloppenburg    D-1/4", golden yellow flowers; 20-30 in the flat umbel; glossy green leaves on a medium vine. Previously H. gigantangensis. The Philippines.

bicolor, Kloppenburg    C- 1/2" buff with red tips flowers; 25-35 in umbel; leaves and whole plant much like crassicaulis.  A moderate vine. Philippines

bilobata, Schl.     A- Tiny (one of the smallest in the genus), rose-red flowers; 25 in umbel; leaves small, nearly round, dark green, shiny, smooth, on a tangling vine. Philippines

blashernaezii, Kloppenburg     C- ½”, semi-campanulate, yellow flowers; 10-20 in umbel. Medium leaves much like bordenii on a moderate, loose vine. Philippines

bordenii, Schl.     C- 1/3", rose;  6-8 in umbel; handsomely veined, long, sometimes reddish leaves on a moderate vine. Philippines

buotii, Klopp.    D- 1-1/4", greenish-white with red center, fuzzy flowers, 10 - 12 in umbel; thin medium leaves on medium-small vine. The flowers look frosted. Philippines

HOYA BUOTII, the Frosted Hoya, from the Philippines 

burtoniae, Kloppenburgii ( 81084) C- Raspberry color, 1/4" lacunosa - like flowers; 15-20 in umbel; dark green, small leaves, on a modest vine. This is a beautiful vine. Philippines.

HOYA BURTONIAE, The rampant bloomer!

NEW cagayanensis, Schl ex Elmer    D- White, 1/2" flowers, 15-20 in umbel; leaves medium sized on a modest vine. The Philippines. This is not pimenteliana. 

callistophylla, T Green     C-  1/2", yellow and red flowers; 20-25 in umbel; leaves handsomely veined, halfway between meredithii and finlaysonii, on a robust vine. This is good! Beautiful!   Malaysia and Sumatra

calycina, Schl.     C- 2" white and red flowers, beautiful fragrance; large, fuzzy leaves on a robust vine. Syn USDA354236   Add oyster shell to mix. Papua New Guinea

HOYA CALYCINA, one of the strongest fragrances in Hoyas

cardiophylla, Merrill        C- 1/'3" yellow-white flowers; 10-15 in umbel; whole plant much like australis but the leaves are heart-shaped. Philippines

carnosa, R. Brown     A- The Common Wax Vine. 3/4" white and pink flowers; 20 in umbel; leaves waxy, variable, 4", on a moderate vine. There are many horticultural forms of this species. China-Japan  This a collection is from Southern Japan

caudata, Hooker f.     D- 3/4", buff yellow and rose flowers; 8-10 in umbel; leaves 5", mottled green and red with splashes of silver, slightly crenulated edge; on a moderate vine. This is a handsome vine!  Malaysia and Indonesia

-crassifolia form     D- As the type but may sometimes have much larger (to 6"), hard leaves with rough crenulated edge, that get red in the sun. Syn H. crassifolia. Malaysia 

NEW celata, Kloppenburg, et al    D- 1", white flowers; 20-25 in umbel on a medium vine that closely resembles H. pubicalyx. Differs from pubicalyx in that the tips of the coronal lobes are bent down and back so they are hidden (celata = hidden) Philippines

NEW chewianum Lamb, et al (Tent) D - 3/4" golden yellow flowers; 25 -35 in umbel; on a robust vine.  Growth and flowers closely resemble H. fraterna  A good bloomer for me. Sabah

HOYA CHEWIANUM - from Sabah

chlorantha, Rechinger     C-3/4", apple-green flowers; 8-10 in umbel; leaves 3", shiny with wavy edge; on a modest vine.  Samoa

chlorantha var. tutuilensis, Christ.  C- 3/4", light maroon flowers with darker venation in flowers; 8-10 in umbel; leaves 3", shiny; on a modest vine. Samoa

chuniana, Li    C- 1/4", buff flowers; 25-30 in umbel; leaves medium sized on a dark stemmed robust, wiry vine. Some stems are nearly black. Formerly sp. PNG 6  Syn H. hellwigiana     Papua New Guinea.  

ciliata, Elmer     C- THE BLACK HOYA - 3/4", shiny, red to black-red, starry flowers; 6-8 in umbel; leaves 3", fuzzy, on a moderate vine. Add oyster shell to mix. Syn H. madulidii. An Eriostemma     Southern Philippines. 

cinnamomifolia, Hooker     C- 3/4", yellow-green and red flowers; 12-l5 in umbel; leaves large, with prominent veins, whole leaf much like the Cinnamon Tree's. A wild vine. Indonesia

NEW citrina, Ridley    C- 1/2", pale yellow flowers; 20-30 in umbel; leaves large, palmately veined, handsome, on a robust vine.  Peninsular Malaysia. I don't know how I missed putting this one on the list for I have had it for at least 15 years!

clemensiorum, Green    D- 1/4”, buff and maroon flowers; 30-35 in umbel. Handsomely veined, large leaf (to 21") with a drip tip; a robust vine. Leaves can be very hard, heavy and prominently veined - sorta Jurassic-looking.   Eastern Malaysia. 

cominsii, Hemsl.    D- Whole plant very similar to nicholsoniae but the leaves are rounder, beautifully veined and may get red in bright light. 1/2" yellow flower with white corona; 15-20 in umbel on a fairly compact vine.     Solomon Islands.    

coriacea, Blume     C- 3/4", light green, fuzzy flowers; 40-50 in umbel; leaves large, leathery, thin, leaves on a robust vine. This is one of the finest hoyas with its large heads of flowers!     Malaysia and Philippines

coronaria, Blume     D- 1-1/4" to 2", pale cream to white, to pink (in bright light) flowers; 3-7 in umbel; leaves large, fuzzy, on a robust vine. Add oyster shell or lime to mix for this is a terrestrial species. An Eriostemma     Malaysia, 

HOYA CORONARIA, with its hard, large flowers - the color  and amount of spotting depends on the light

crassicaulis, Elmer     A- 1/4", buff and red flower; 50 in umbel; leaves much like darwinii but never bullate, on a rank vine. Seed pods held straight up. Syn H. incrassata?  Philippines

cumingiana, Decne.     C- 3/8", yellow and purple flowers; l0 in umbel; leaves 1-1/2", light green, on a rigid small bush. Really a different hoya.  Add oyster shell to mix. Philippines

curtisii, King and Gamble     C- 1/2", buff flowers; 10-15 in umbel; small, Dischidia-like, silver blotched leaves, on small, cute, angular vine. Malaysia, Philippines, S. Thailand, PNG?

cystiantha, Schlecter    D for 2 node cutting. 1/2" - 3/4", creamy-ochre to white flower; 10 to 25 in umbel, on a persistent peduncle. Plant shrubby but may develop runners as it matures. Flower with more substance, leaves more rigid and  the flower half the size of H. danumensis. Night fragrance like citronella. Sumatra

danumensis, Rodda and Nyhuus    D, As campanulata except that the coronal lobes are broader, there are bumps between the calyxes and sometimes the edge to the corolla is rolled back. I collected this near Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, and for years considered this to be campanulata. Flowers anytime for me. This is the one that is sometimes called wallichii, in Sweden.

HOYA  CYSTIANTHA AND HOYA DANUMENSIS - 2 bushy to viny beauties

H. cystiantha, (top left), H danumensis, (top right) H campanulata? LTL1 (bottom)

darwinii, Loher     D- 3/4", buff and rose flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves medium sized, sometimes clumped and rolled into a ball (making another ant hotel!), on a moderate vine. Ants love this one. Not easily maintained for most greenhouses do not have ants. Philippines

HOYA DARWINII, Showing bullate leaves

dasyantha, Tsiang     D- Flower and growth quite similar to H. fungii but l flowers a bit smaller and leaves more pointed. Clear sap. This is very handsome plant. Does not flower as readily as H. fungii. Vietnam

davidcummingii, Kloppenburg     C- 1/2" dark rose flowers; 10 in umbel; medium-small, lanceolate leaves, on a modest vine. This is good! Philippines

densifolia, Turcz.     C- Flowers and general growth as cumingiana but with larger, pointed leaves and not as thick as H. cumingiana, on a bush. Add oyster shell to mix.    Philippines and Indonesia

NEW desvoeuxensis, T Green & Kloppenburg  $30 for cutting - 3/4 - 1", rich old rose to rose pink, cup-shaped flower (very much like archboldiana) ; 5 - 15 in umbel; leaves medium sized, 2 to 4", shiny, on a scrambling, thin stemmed vine.  Taveuni Island, Fiji  This was previously listed as the Taveuni form of H megalantha.

HOYA DESVOEUXENSIS, from Mt. Des Voeux, Taveuni Island, Fiji

deykeae, T Green     D- 1/4”, straw colored flower; 30-40 in umbel; handsomely veined, medium sized leaf with the end chopped off (truncate or emarginate). A medium sized, novel vine. Sumatra (Aceh Province). 

diptera. Seemann      A- 3/4", pale yellow-green flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves 2" fairly flat long and thin, on a robust clean vine. Fiji  Please read my lips - say di - tera! which means 2 wings

dischorensis, Schl.     C- 1/2", fuzzy edged, buff-creamy white flowers; 10-15 flowers in umbel; leaves medium sized, shiny, on a wiry robust vine. Papua New Guinea

diversifolia, Blume      A- 1/4", rose-pink flowers; 15 in umbel (it flowers in spurts); leaves variable, hard, with a turned down, sharp edge, on a robust, weedy vine. Easiest Hoya to grow. Thailand-Indonesia-Philippines-Malaysia

dolichosparte, Schlecter  C- 1/2", greenish-white and red flowers; 30-40 in permanent umbel; leaves medium size, sometimes inverted boat-shaped with obvious veins on a handsome medium, robust, clean vine.  Sulawesi, Indonesia

elliptica, Hooker f.      D- 3/8”, white flowers; 15-20 in umbel; leaves flat, 4” rounded, venation that looks like a turtle's back, on a moderate vine - . Malaysia 

endauensis, Kiew     D- for a 6" cutting. Flower not seen. 1", almost round, dark green leaves with wavy edge. A modest, beautiful, novelty vine. Peninsular Malaysia  Leaves reputed to be imbricate on tree trunks in the wild.

HOYA ENDAUENSIS, from Ulu Endau, Peninsular Malaysia

erythrina, Rintz     C- 1/2", pale orange flowers; 5-8 in umbel; leaves blotched, dark green, handsome, on a robust vine. Malaysia

erythrostemma, Kerr      C- 1/3", white corolla with red corona; 25-30 flowers in umbel; leaves hard with prominent venation on robust vine.  Malaysia and Thailand. For comparison, erythrostemma  is on the right and mindorensis superba on the left.

NEW estrellaensis  Green & Kloppenburg (tent)    C-  1/2" white flowers, 15-20 in umbel; leaves medium sized, on a robust vine. Palawan, Philippines  Previously H. palawanica.

excavata, Teism. & Binn.     C- 1/2" rose flower, very similar to H. meliflua. Growth much as H.diversifolia but leaves large and obovate with sharp, down-turned edge. Sulawesi, Indonesia

finlaysonii, Wight     C- 1/2", yellow and red flowers; 35 in umbel; leaves 5", light green with prominent veins, on a moderate vine. West Malaysia

fischeriana, Warb.    C-  3/16”, pink, half-closed flowers; 20-25 in umbel,  modest vine with veined leaves.  Ever-flowering for me. Philippines

HOYA FISCHERIANA, from the Philippines

fitchii, Kloppenburg     D- 3/8”, yellow and red flowers; 10-20 in umbel; medium-small, reticulate veined, handsomely veined leaves on a compact vine. This was previously H. cagayanensis   Philippines  

HOYA FITCHII, One of the handsomest Hoyas, from the Philippines

flagellata, Kerr      D- Very much like caudata but without the large rough, crenulate edged leaf, the leaves are smaller with smooth edge and flowers with longer "tails"- flagella. Not easily grown. Peninsular Malaysia,

flavescens, Schl.     C- 1/2", golden yellow flowers; 15-20 in umbel; leaves and growth very similar to kenejiana (USDA 354233). Papua New Guinea

flavida, Forester & Liddle     C- 1/2", yellow-salmon flowers; 10-15 in the umbel; leaves medium size; on a medium sized vine. Much like H. ischnopus. Solomon Islands

forbesii, King and Gamble    C- 1/2", light yellow flowers; 3 - 10 flowers in umbel; leaves medium sized on a medium sized vine.  Sumatra and Malaysia.

fraterna, Blume     D- Flowers much like coriacea except golden yellow and flatter. 40 - 50 in umbel; plant practically a dead-ringer for H. coriacea (hence, fraterna = a brother to).  Borneo and Indonesia

fungii, Merrill     C- Flowers like a large carnosa; 30-50 in umbel; fragrant; leaves large, dark green and fuzzy, on a moderate vine. One of my favorites. Clear sap. Southern China

fuscomarginata, Brown     C- 3/8", Pale yellow flowers; 20 in umbel; leaves large (to 8"), ovate, light green with dark purple margin, on a robust vine. Smell - WOW, UGH!  Indonesia

gildingii, Kloppenburg        D-  1", campanulate, white flowers; 4-6 in umbel; thin, medium size leaves on a scrambling vine that resembles H. telosmoides.  Sabah, Malaysia

glabra, Schl.     C- 1/2”, purplish flowers; 15-25 in umbel; ovate leaves can be up to 11" x 8“ - (good competition for H. pentaphlebia), on a robust vine. This is the “Green’s Gaudy Giant” as shown in a past issue of the Fraterna. Sabah, Malaysia

globulosa, Hooker f.     C -Does not flower for me. Leaves attractive, 6", hairy, wavy, light green with dark veins, on a moderately-robust, vine - practically a dead-ringer for H. villosa. To make it bloom it probably needs cooler conditions than what I can provide. India and Burma

golamcoiana, Kloppenburg     C-White flowers; plant much like cumingiana but leaves smooth, shiny and farther apart, on a loose scrambling bush. Fragrant. Palawan, Philippines

graveolens, Kerr     C- 3/4", white and rose flowers; 6-10 in umbel; medium size, dark green leaf on modest vine. Beautiful, unusual color of flower but smells like H. fuscomarginata - UGH!  Thailand.

greenii, Kloppenburg     D- 3/4", ivory flowers; 50 in umbel; narrow, dark green, neat leaves on a modest vine. Interesting flowers. Not easily maintained. Southern Philippines. 

guppyi, Oliver     C- 1-1/2", pale pink and green to red, fuzzy flowers; l0-12 in umbel; leaves and growth like H. affinis. As with all of this Eriostemma group, a shy blooming vine in a greenhouse. Add oyster shell to mix. The first large flowered Hoya I had ever seen - I collected it on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, in 1963. This is the one that got me started on Hoyas. An Eriostemma

HOYA HAMILTONIORUM, from Sabah.

NEW hamiltoniorum, Lamb, et al (Tent)   D - 1-1/4" golden yellow flower; 10-15 in umbel. Beautiful close relative of H fraterna in growth and flower. Sabah

heuschkeliana heuschkeliana, Klopp.     C -3/16", pink yellow, urn-shaped flower - half way between a hoya and a dischidia; 4-6 in umbel, 2" leaves on small, neat vine. Philippines. Still think this is belongs in another genus.

-- ssp cajanoe Klopp.     C - Almost as the type except the flowers are yellow. A pretty, modest plant. Philippines

--variegata                C- Like the type except the leaves are mottled green and white.  From hort.

hollrungii, Warb.     C-1-1/4", dark to pale red, flat flowers; 4-6 in umbel; leaves 4", fuzzy, on a robust vine. Add oyster shell to mix.  Cape York, Australia, PNG. An Eriostemma     

HYBRIDS 

D- Chouke (carnosa x serpens)  1/2, fuzzy, creamy white flowers on a pretty compact vine with ovate leaves (with more prominent venation than its sibling). From horticulture. . EB hybrid 

$25- Christine (pachyclada x acuta)    Half way between the 2 parents, in growth and flowers. Somewhat like rigida but with flat leaves. This is a slow growing  succulent. From horticulture. MM hybrid?

C- Iris Marie (schneei? x odorata?) From DL collection. Bushy plant with pendant stems. Slightly fragrant, white and rose flowers (previously H. paziae)

HOYA IRIS MARIE -- flowers every month for me

D- Kaimuki (macgillivrayi x archboldiana) Outstanding, 2-1/2", bright dark red flowers on vine like archboldiana. MM hybrid. Named after Kaimuki,the district of Honolulu where MM lives.

 KAIMUKI  (macgillivrayi x archboldiana)

D-Mathilde (carnosa x serpens),  1/2", fuzzy, creamy white flowers on a pretty compact vine with ovate leaves. EB hybrid 

D- Margaret (coronaria x lauterbachii), large (3"),  a slightly cupped, green and pink corolla with yellow corona, full sun to do best.  New EG hybrid

MARGARET - Probably Ed's second best hybrid 

D- Monette (coronaria x lauterbachii), large (3"), slightly cupped white or pink corona with red center, few in umbel, on a large vine. Full sun to do best. EG hybrid. An Eriostemma. Ed's selected "Monette" looks much like the long sought after H. gigas, from New Guinea.  Ed's best hybrid.

D- (archboldiana x onychiodes) 2", very dark flower on a plant that looks similar to (mac x arch). EG hybrid

C- Minibelle, possibly (carnosa x longifolia), pinkish flowers; 10 in umbel; leaves dark green, 4" intermediate between 2 parents, on a neat vine. Hummel hybrid.

C- (meredithii x crassicaulis) Handsomely veined, large leaves, medium, yellow flowers. This is much like sp. Kast. MM hybrid

HOYA (meredithii x crassicaulis), with its handsome 8" leaves

D-  Optimistic - a sister of Black Star (ciliata x Ruthie) 1-1/2", hard, color contrasted  flower, very good bloomer in strong light. Another EG hybrid

OPTOMISTIC

C-Pinkie (subcalva x australis) 1", pink and white flowers; 15-20 in umbel; leaves medium size.  Flowers fragrant but different from subcalva. Natural hybrid

D- Ruthie, ( MM  x  ariadna), 1-1/4", like a beautiful, multicolored salmon-yellow-red affinis.. Whole plant is shiny, bald. Needs full sun to do best. An Eriostemma  EG hybrid

Ruthie, when grown in bright light

C- Sheppardell, possibly (carnosa x longifolia) as Minibelle except leaves much wider. Hummel hybrid.

Note:    MM is an abbreviation for Michael Miyashiro, EB for Emile Begine, EG, for Ed Gilding, Hummel, and Nature.

hypolasia, Schl.     D- 3/4”, white flowers with puffed coronal lobes. Beautiful long, lanceolate, dark green leaves; on a medium vine. This is a bit hard to grow and not always available. Papua New Guinea

ilagiorum, Klopp. and Siar     D - 1/2", reddish-orange flowers; 18-20 in umbel; leaves and vine growth quite similar to H bordenii.  Philippines

HOYA ILAGIORUM, from the Philippines (Monina Siar photo)

imbricata, Decne.     D - for 3 node cutting. 1/2", ball-shaped, greenish-white flowers; 20-25 in umbel; leaves 3", round, dark green with red or gray blotching, shingle fashion much like D. diphylla except that the leaves are one above the other, on a vine.  Philippines and Indonesia   Must be planted with support.

imperialis, Lindley     D- 3", violet-red, thick flowers; 8-l0 on a heavy, drooping umbel; leaves to 12", light green with wavy edge, on a robust, heavy vine. Truly handsome plant and flowers. Add oyster shell to mix in all forms. Eastern Malaysia and Palawan, Philippines.

I do not offer the one called "Mosaic" for I believe it to be virused and a risk to other plants.

--var. alba     $50 for 2 node cutting. Flower as the type except that it is white with a slight greenish tint.  I found this as a small seedling on Palawan, Philippines, in 1993 - first flowered in October ‘98. This is a 1 in 10,000 miracle. Palawan, Philippines

--var. Palawan   D- Flowers and growth as type but flowers may be golden yellow with some pink blush or sometimes reddish - quite variable. Palawan, Philippines  In Sweden this is erroneously called var rauschii.

--var. Dark Form        D- Plant and flowers like the type, except the color is much darker violet-red.  Eastern Sabah, Malaysia

--var. Mary's Pink     $30 - Plant and flowers like type except the color is a handsome pink.  Sabang, Palawan, Philippines

                Mary's Pink, Sabang, Palawan                                                          Dorothy's Lavender (a seedling from Sabah) 

--var. Dorothy's Lavender    $30 - Plant like type except the flower is over 3-1/2"! and lavender.  Seedling from the pod we got at Nexus Resort, Sabah

--var. rauschii        D - Flowers much as type except color is maroon with paler corolla than type and corolla lobes narrower than type. Malaysia.

HOYA IMPERIALIS Type	HOYA IMPERIALIS, Palawan type	HOYA IMPERIALIS alba

inconspicua, Hemsl.     A- !/4" balled  shaped red flowers; 10-20 in umbel; leaves small, shiny, lanceolate on a wiry scrambling vine. Syn H. litoralis? H. rosea? H. dodecatheiflora? Papua New Guinea and Solomons

incurvula, Schl.     C- Small, pink and red, small, lacunosa-like flowers; 30-40 in umbel; leaves 2" light green, on a wiry, robust vine. Sulawesi, Indonesia

inflata, Wann. and Forester    D- 3/4", creamy-pink, "balloon" flowers; 8-12 in umbel; leaves medium on a modest vine. Syn Madangia inflata.  Papua New Guinea     Always in short supply!

HOYA INFLATA, Like little lanterns

ischnopus, Schl.     C- 3/4", gold and salmon, fuzzy flowers; 20 in umbel; leaves handsome, 4", shiny green, on a modest vine. Solomons and Papua New Guinea  I like this one!

juannguoana, Kloppenburg    C- 2/3", creamy yellow and rose-bronze flowers; growth very much like a healthy acuta. Palawan Island, Philippines

kanyakumariana, Henry and Sw.    D- 3/8”, white and red flowers; 8-12 in umbel. Leaves like a small, wavy edged kerrii. An attractive, modest, hard, crinkly vine, from Southern India. This is a good dwarf Hoya.

HOYA KANYAKUMARIANA, with its hard textured, 1" crinkly leaves

kastbergii, Kloppenberg     D- Plant, flowers and growth generally resembling H. vanuatuensis but the leaves are nearly round and not shiny.  Creamy-yellow, 1/3" flowers; 6-8 in umbel; leaves 2-3" long on a moderate vine. Sarawak, Malaysia 

kenejiana, Schl.     C- 3/8", golden-yellow flowers; l5-30 in umbel; leaves 5", dark green on a robust vine. This is a fine Hoya. Papua New Guinea

kerrii, Craib.     C- 1/4", buff flowers that drip nectar; l0 in umbel; leaves heart-shaped attached at tip, on a wild vine. 3 types: Downy surface, smooth or with prominent veins. Thailand  This is called the Sweetheart Hoya, by some.  I think his name was pronounced as Karr - as Debra Kerr.

--variegated form  D - As the type except that the leaves are blotched with yellow, sometimes up to 75%.  I real interesting beauty. Some list this as H. kerrii var albo-marginata.  Thailand

kloppenburgii, T Green    D- 1/2" golden yellow flowers; 15-20 in umbel; medium-large pale green and reddish leaves (red underneath) with thickened edges, on a robust vine. Sabah, Malaysia

HOYA KLOPPENBURGII, from Sabah, Malaysia

lacunosa, Blume     A- 1/4", ball shaped, white and yellow flowers; l5 in umbel; leaves small, on a modest, pendant vine. Very fragrant and one of the very finest hoyas for a houseplant. 3 different leafed forms. Malaysia and Indonesia 

lambii, T Green        D. The "Funnel Hoya", 1/2", green and white flowers; 20-40 in umbel; leaves large, clustered, often forming an upright basin that fills with debris and then fills with roots and then ants.    Sabah, Malaysia

lamingtoniae, Bailey  C-1/2", dark rose flowers; 10-12 in umbel; leaves dark green, any form, from one like the Bay Tree (3")  to 8", floppy and with a wavy edge, on a loose, robust vine. Previously listed as PNG 4 (laurifolia) - for 25 years!   Papua New Guinea   

lasiantha, Korth. ex Bl.     $30 - 2 node cutting. 1/2”, fuzzy, orange, fuzzy flowers; 8 - 20 in umbel; leaves dark green, medium sized, shiny, on a 2' bushy plant. This is very similar to praetorii  from Sumatra but the flowers are darker and the plant less in all dimensions. Sabah, Malaysia

latifolia, Don     C- 1/4", buff flowers; 30-40 in umbel, stem with multiple peduncles; leaves large, handsome, with prominent venation on a robust vine. Syn H. macrophylla, H. polystachya.  Malaysia, Indonesia

var concolor     D- As type except that flowers are pale yellow-green and leaves are rounder. This is a handsome BIG vine. Malaysia

var variegata        D - As type, except that the leaves are edged or mottled with white.  An attractive novelty.

lauterbachii, K. Schuman     D- 2-1/2” to 3-1/2”  rose-red and green, heavy, cupped flower; 4 - 8 in umbel; leaves downy, medium size on a robust vine. Eastern Papua New Guinea. An Eriostemma. 

HOYA LAUTERBACHII, with its heavy, 3" flowers

leucorhoda, Schl.     C- 1", white and pink flowers; 15-20 in umbel; leaves 4", shiny on a moderate vine. I like this clean, neat, beaut!  Papua New Guinea

leytensis, Elmer ex Burton C- Plant, small  very much like bilobata except that the leaves vary in size and shape.  Philippines

NEW linusii, A Lamb et al  (Tent)      $35 - Flowers 3/4", golden yellow; 15 -20 in umbel; leaves, in fact, growth much like H. danumensis.  New handsome introduction from Sabah, Malaysia     

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HOYA LINUSII

litoralis, Schl.     A- Flowers like lacunosa except that they are red; 15-20 in umbel; leaves medium-small, shiny, dark green, lanceolate, on a modest vine. Syn H. inconspicua, H. rosea, H. dodecathiflora. Solomon Islands, Banks Islands and Indonesia

lobbii, Hooker f.     C- 3/4” red flowers; 15-20 in umbel; leaves 1 -1/2” x 4” on a bushy, pendant shrub - growth much like H. polyneura.  India and Burma

loheri, Kloppenburg     C-flowers as plicata except yellow and rusty-brown; 10 in umbel; leaves narrow, rolled back, medium size, held upright on a very compact vine. Philippines  Leaves get red in the sun.

HOYA LOHERI In bright light - Xmas?

longifolia, Wallich     B- 1/4", white with carmine center; 6-8 in umbel; leaves long and narrow 1' x 6", light green on a modest, clumping vine. North India, Burma and Thailand

var shepherdii, Short ex Hook     B- The String Bean Hoya, as the type except that the leaves are dark green and narrower - like a string bean. Northern India  Syn H. shepherdii

loyceandrewsiana, T Green     C- 1/2", buff flowers; 50 in umbel; leaves 1/4" thick, 8" x 9", on a robust vine. This is the heaviest Hoya leaf that I know - should be sold by the pound - for a door stop!  We ship the smaller leaves, of course. Some say that this is latifolia - wrong, for it does not have multiple peduncles. Indonesia?

lucardenasiana, Kloppenburg, Siar & Cajano D- 3/8" rose flower, 20-30 in umbel.  Interesting 2" ovate to nearly round, glossy leaves on a modest plant.  Philippines  

HOYA LUCARDENASIANA

lucyae, Kloppenburg & Siar   D- 1/4", pale purple; 25-30 flowers in umbel; leaves lanceolate 1" x 5", dark green on a modest vine.  Whole plant much like wayetii. Cebu, Philippines     Named after Lucy Bicknell of Cebu

macgillivrayi, Bailey     D- 3-1/4", slightly cupped to flat, dark maroon flower; 8 -12 in umbel; leaves long, shiny, large and heavy, dark green. This is one of the finest hoyas - with night fragrance much like H. megalaster. Cape York, Australia

magnifica, Foster&Liddle     C- NEW GUINEA WHITE HOYA, 2”, clear white flowers; 10 in umbel; overpowering sweet, Gardenia-Nutmeg fragrance; leaves 6” fuzzy, on a robust vine. Add oyster shell to mix. New Guinea  USDA 354244

var WMZ      D- As the type, except for the more cupped flower and the stronger Nutmeg fragrance. Probably from New Guinea. Add oyster shell.

NEW megalantha, Turrill    $30 for cutting - 1-1/2", salmon to rose pink, nearly flat (like patella); 5 - 20 in umbel; leaves medium sized, 2 to 4", shiny, on a scrambling, thin stemmed vine.  Viti Levu Island, Fiji  This was previously and erroneously listed as from Mt. Victoria, Viti Levu.

   HOYA MEGALANTHA, from Mt. Koroyanitu, Viti Levu, 

megalaster, Warb ex Schumann/Lauterbach   D-1" dark maroon, partially closed flower; 6-10 in umbel; leaves and whole plant much like H macgillivrayi, except  for the flower and wider leaves.  This is a pretty-flowered scrambler but a slow growing vine for me. Papua New Guinea   

meliflua meliflua, Merrill     C- 3/4", drab red flowers with 5 dark red stains (from nectar); 5-10 in umbel; leaves 5"-6", shiny, on a robust, clean vine. Philippines

ssp. fraterna, T Green     C- Same as type except for the beautiful up to l2", shiny, hard leaves; on a rampant vine (my  plant is about 40 ft long). Indonesia. This had been erroneously known as H. fraterna for over 100 years. Origin? probably Southern Philippines. 

memoria, Kloppenburg   A- Flowers as lacunosa but red, with hooked lobes; leaves perfectly lanceolate, flat, silver flecked, on a handsome modest vine. Philippines  Formerly H. gracilis

HOYA MEMORIA, named after Memorial Gardens, a cemetery in Manila

meredithii, T Green     D- 1/2", yellow and white flowers; 35 in umbel; leaves very handsome, 6" to l2", pale green with dark green veins, wavy edge, on a robust vine. You won’t believe that this is a Hoya!  Eastern Malaysia  This is the first Hoya I named (after York Meredith of Dee Why, Australia).

-- Long Miau form       D- Flowers much like type. Leaves are flat (not wavy), smaller and much thicker than type.  Sabah, Malaysia

LONG MIAU 

merrillii, Schl.     C- 2/3", straw colored flowers; 30 in umbel (multiple peduncles); leaves 4", prominent palmate veins, on a moderate vine. A blooming fool and fragrant too!!     Philippines

minahassae, Schlecter    C - Flowers not seen; leaves medium on a modest vine. North Sulawesi, Indonesia This plant is in doubt.

mindorensis ssp superba, Klopp     C- Very similar to erythrostemma (see) except that the flower colors are reversed - dark red corolla with white corona. Philippines This is one of the finest Hoyas - blooms year around for me.

NEW mirabilis, Kidyoo    D- 3/8" white, fuzzy flowers; 15-20 in umbel; leaves long and narrow with flecking; on a loose modest vine.  Thailand

mitrata, Kerr     D- for 2 node cutting. 3/4" straw-rosy to ivory flowers; 10-15 in umbel; 3 types of leaves - medium large, flat or wide, boat-shaped to make a "cabbage" or some rolled up to make an ant's nest; on a moderate vine. Thailand, Malaysia and Borneo 

monetteae, T Green   C- Very large (6" - 8") leafed thing resembling diversifolia but with clear sap; 1/2" white, very fragrant flowers; 15-20 in umbel; very robust plant.  First found this one in the Mangrove swamp below Tumarbong Falls, Palawan, Philippines - and then in 2004, in Eastern Sabah, Malaysia, on the Kinabatangan River - a jump over the Wallace line!

montana, Schlecter     A - 1/2", golden yellow fuzzy flowers; 15-20 flowers in umbel; leaves wavy, shiny on a moderate, handsome vine. New Guinea

nabawanensis, Klopp. and Wiberg    C - 1/4", white and yellow, fuzzy, fragrant flowers; 20-25 in umbel; leaves ovate-lanceolate,  1" x 4", good green, on a weeping vine.  Sabah, Malaysia

naumannii, Schlecter    C- 3/4", white and rose flowers; 15-20 in umber;  leaves medium sized on a moderate vine.  PNG, Solomon Islands

neo-caledonica, Schlecter C - 1/2", buff -yellow flowers; 12-15 in umbel; medium sized leaves on a modest vine.  New Caledonia.

nicholsoniae, Muell.     A- 1/2", yellow flowers; 10 in umbel; leaves prominently veined, on a rank vine.  Very easily grown and flowered. Many other species are confused with this one!  Australia

nummulariodes, Cost.     C- 3/16", white and pink flowers (like a tiny carnosa); l5 in umbel; leaves 1", thick and fuzzy, on a viny bush. Grow dry during winter. Flowers only once a year, in the fall. Thailand and Laos

nyhuusiae Kloppenburg D- 1", white flower, 5-8 in umbel; leaves medium-small, flat, on a modest vine.  Cool grower. Not always available. Sabah, Malaysia

oblanceolata Hooker f.    D- 1/2", pale flesh colored flowers; 4-12 in umbel; leaves and growth much like longifolia.  Syn H.stoniae Western Ghats, India 

obovata, Decaisne.     C- 1/2”, pale pink and red flowers; 20 in umbel; leaves round round-obovate, sometimes emarginate, heavy, on sort of a wild but pretty vine. One of my favorites. Thailand and Laos?

-- NEW var. chimera                D- As type except that stems may be black and flowers mottled with black.  Hort RDK

obscura, Elmer     A- 3/4", salmon-yellow with red center flowers; 10 in umbel; leaves 3", smooth, lanceolate on a dense moderate vine. Leaves may get red in sunlight. Philippines

obtusifolia, Wight     D- 1/2", buff-yellow flower; 10-20 flowers in umbel; leaves thick and fleshy much like H. imperialis, on a heavy, robust vine. All peduncles on the plant flower at the same time! This is hard to find in the wild – I’ve looked!  Malaysia

obtusifoliodes, Gilding and T Green    D – ¾", apple green to red,  partially closed; 10-12 in umbel (with many umbels out at one time). Pleasant fragrance (the only Eriostemma that I know of with a decent fragrance).  Add oyster shell to mix. Sabah, Malaysia. An Eriostemma, previously 97089 

HOYA OBTUSIFOLIODES, from Sabah, Borneo

odetteae, Kloppenburg    C- 1/4" yellow flowers; 4 - 6 in umbel; leaves narrow and small, on a weepy small vine.  Philippines

odorata, Schl.     C- 3/4", white and green flowers; 4 in umbel; wonderful fragrance of lime; leaves, 3", thin, shiny, new leaves pink, like a Eugenia. A 3' bush. I like this one. Philippines

onychoides , Forester & D&I Liddle     D- 2", dark maroon flowers with the corolla lobes bent forward (as clawed); 8-12 in umbel; leaves large, dark green to 12", on a medium vine. Heavenly night fragrance.  Fantastic, unusual Hoya. Papua New Guinea. 

oreogena, Kerr    D - 1/2", pale rose flowers; medium leaves on a modest vine. Thailand

ovalifolia, Wight and Arn.     C- 1/2”, buff flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves medium to small, clean, on a scrambling vine. Sri Lanka     

pachyclada, Kerr     D- 2 node cutting. 1/2", pale green and pink flowers; 30 in umbel; leaves thick, light green with prominent veins, on a bushy, very slow growing, succulent plant. This is a true xerophyte! Thailand and Burma. 

pallilimba, Kleijn & van Donkelaar       D- Dainty, 3/8" ball-shaped, pink-white flowers; 15-20 in umbel; leaves dark green (base-edge, light green, on some), shiny, small, inverted boat-shaped, on a compact modest vine.  A very handsome plant! Sulawesi, Indonesia  Is this the long lost H. halophila?

HOYA PALLILIMBA

pandurata, Tsiang    D-  1/2", salmon flowers; 4-6 in umbel; leaves 4" pandurate (violin shaped), on a bushy plant. Northern India

parviflora, Wight     A- Small white flowers, like lacunosa; 30 flowers in umbel; leaves narrow, 3", on a loose vine. Syn minima. Thailand and Malaysia

patella, Schlecter     D- 1-1/2”, slightly cupped, pink flowers; few in umbel. Leaves medium small, pubescent on a modest, thin wiry vine. This is good! Papua New Guinea.

pauciflora, Wight     D- 3/4", white and pink flowers; 1-4 in umbel; leaves 1/4" x 2", pointed, on a tangled, barbed-wire-like vine. Sri Lanka and Southern India   

paulshirleyi T Green and Kloppenburg D - Flowers much like tomataensis but smaller, 20 - 30 in umbel; leaves ornately veined, on a robust vine. Clear sap. Central Sulawesi  Previously Sulawesi IPPS 8845  We named this after our old Sulawesi collecting buddy!

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H. PAULSHIRLEYII, with its ornate leaves 

NEW paziae, Kloppenburg     D- 1/2", white to yellowish-white, odorless flowers; 5-10 in umbel; on a bushy plant somewhat  like H. odorata. This is the long lost and unpublished H. eugeniodes (the one from which Dale named H. paziae). Philippines.

HOYA PAZIAE

pentaphlebia, Merr.    C - 1/2" yellow and white flowers; 10-15 in umbel.  Medium to very large, up to 10 x 12" leaves, with prominent palmately veined leaves.  Philippines

HOYA PENTAPHLEBIA - Some of these leaves can be the size of a dinner plate!

pimenteliana, Kloppenburg     C-1/2", white, starry flowers; 10-12 flowers in umbel; 4", medium, small, pinnate leaves on a thin-stemmed vine.   This blooms all of the time for me. One of the most fragrant Hoyas - night and day. Philippines

platycaulis, Simonsson & Rodda    $20 for 2 node cutting. Flowers apple green and yellow; 10-15 in umbel; leaves long and narrow  9" x 1", on a bushy plant - not a vine.  Luzon, Philippines.  This plant does not look like a Hoya. Not the easiest to root! 

HOYA PLATYCAULIS, THE FLAT STEM HOYA

plicata plicata, King and Gamble    C- 3/8" pale orange; 20-25 flowers on an open umbel; leaves lanceolate on a wiry vine. Rintz says that this is syn with revoluta but I don't agree.  Malaysia

ssp rundumensis  T Green   D - Flowers 1/2", dark red; husky dark green leaves with some dips in the top surface, on a robust vine. Beautiful growth. Sabah, Malaysia  This plant has the appearance of a tetraploid .  Sabah, Malaysia

polyneura, Hooker f.     C- FISHTAIL HOYA - 1/4", rose flowers; 6-8 in umbel; leaves are flat, spreading, arranged like a fishtail, on a handsome bushy, pendant plant. Hang overhead to see the flowers better.  India

HOYA POLYNEURA, The Fishtail Hoya, from North India

praetorii, Miq     $40 - 2 node cutting. 1/2”, fuzzy, bright orange flowers; 8 - 20 in umbel; leaves light green, medium sized, shiny, on a 2' bushy plant.  This very similar to H. lasiantha but less in all dimensions and not as easily grown.  Sumatra 

HOYA PRAETORII - We collected this one at Ketambe, Sumatra

pseudo-littoralis, Norman     C- 1/2", white and pink flowers; 8-10 in umbel; leaves 3", hard, wavy-edged, on a shrubby vine. Syn H. poolei. Australia - Papua New Guinea

pubera, Blume.     C- Small yellow flowers on long peduncle; 10 -15 in umbel; small shiny, 3/4" leaves on a small but robust vine. This is a good one. Sumatra, Indonesia

HOYA PUBERA, with its 3/4" leaves

pubicalyx, Merrill     A- 3/4", purplish-brown flowers; 25-30 in umbel; leaves oblanceolate, shiny (may be silver blotched), on a moderate robust vine. This is the purpureo-fusca of the trade. Philippines

purpureo-fusca, Hooker     C- 3/4" reddish brown flowers; 15 in umbel; medium-large leaves, as cinnamomifolia, with prominent veins, on a robust vine. Indonesia  One of the most dependable, attractive Hoyas for a house plant.  Syn H cinnamomifolia purpureofusca The Philippines

retusa, Vahl.     D- 1/2”, white with red corona flower; 2 - 4 in umbel. This is a tangled, small, narrow leafed one with the ends of the leaf chopped off (retuse). Really a weird Hoya vine!     Southern India

HOYA RETUSA - Over 100 flowers on this plant

revoluta, Wight     D- Whole plant much like micrantha except leaves thinner, dark green with thickened edge and curved, loose pedicels of umbel and with pink flowers. Thailand and Malaysia

revolubilis, Tsing and Li     D - 1/'2", white flowers on a plant much like salweenica, except the leaves are long and lanceolate  6"x1" - Clear sap. Really different.  Southern China  Syn H. sp. Kunming Kina

HOYA REVOLUBILIS, The Kunming Kina of Southern China

ridleyi, King & Gamble    C- 1/2", pearly white flowers; 10 -15 flowers in umbel; leaves, variable, medium sized on a strong vine.  Peninsular Malaysia.

rigida, Kerr     C- Flowers much like pachyclada; husky vine with boat-shaped, hard, ovate leaves. Grow dry in the winter. Burma and Thailand

rotundiflora, Rodda & Simonsson   D - 3/8" flowers white, 10-20 in umbel. The leaf is 1-1/2 x 4". This was previously listed as sp. Square Leaf.. Thailand

H. ROTUNDIFLORA "SQUARE LEAF"

rubida Schltr.    D-  rich pink 1/2" flowers; 15-25  in umbel; leaves shiny, medium sized on a moderate vine.  New Britain, New Ireland?

samoensis, Seem.     C- 1/2", buff flowers; 20-25 in umbel; leaves shiny, 4" on a moderately robust vine. Clear (not milky) sap. Syn H. neo-ebudica, H. pycnophylla. Samoa and Vanuatu

NEW schneei, Schlecter    D-, 3/8", white or greenish white flowers, plant much like leucorhoda, but flowers like chlorantha - but half the size.  Re-collected on Pohnpei, Caroline Islands, in 2010.

HOYA SCHNEEI

scortechinii, King/Gamble     D- 1/2", straw colored flowers; 4-6 in umbel; leaves moderately small, sometimes veins are red, on a scrambling vine. Malaysia

siamica, Craib     D- 3/4", white fuzzy flowers; 10-15 in umbel; leaves lanceolate, shiny, 1/2" x 3-1/2", dark green on a clean, modest vine.  Northern Thailand

siariae, Kloppenburg    D- ½”, semi-campanulate, pink flowers; 10-20 in umbel. This species is very close to H.blashernaezii except the leaves are wider and the color of the flower not yellow. Interesting plant. Philippines

sigillatis, T Green      D - buff-gold, 1/4” (as lacunosa) flowers; 15-20 in umbel. 1/2" x 3” leaves, reddish with 50% silver flecked, flat, on a small modest vine. This is absolutely striking! . Sabah, Malaysia This is not H. hasseltii. (See Ted's Soap Box)

sipitangensis, Kloppenburg & Wiberg     C- Very similar to H. lacunosa. 1/4; white with pink center, fuzzy flowers, 15-20 in umbel on a medium vine.  Sipitang, Sabah, Malaysia

skinneriana, Kloppenburg    C- 3/4", dark pink flowers (much like carnosa); 20-25 in umbel; leaves medium on a rambling vine. Sap clear. Origin?  

NEW soligamiana, Kloppenburg & Siar    C- 5/8", rose flowers; 9-12 in umbel; leaves and viny growth much like benguetensis and bordenii but larger.  Leaves are red colored in sun  Philippines This is good!

spartiodes, Kuntze ex Klopp.   $20  for multi-stemmed tissue cultured material - in test-tube.  Extremely rare collector's item.  Seldom produces leaves, but when it does, they quickly abort.  Photosynthesis is in the permanent, green, long peduncles that look like a whisk broom (spartiodes = broom like).  1/2" golden yellow flowers, 3-6 in umbel - that open only at night. Some well established plants (with 1" stem and peduncles) in 2" pots  @ $50. Sabah, Malaysia

subcalva, Burkhill     D- 3/4", raspberry-pink flowers; 20 in umbel; grape-like fragrance; leaves 5", handsome, on a robust vine. I like this one and still call it Welch's - because of the grape-like smell!  Solomon Islands     This is my favorite Hoya!

subquintuplinervis, Miq.      C- 1/2, greenish white flowers, 30 in umbel; leaves medium sized, heavy and with prominent veins. The leaves may change shape by the amount of fertilizer. From Chiang Mai, Thailand   

NEW surigaoensis, Kloppenburg, Siar & Nyhuus    D- 1/2", dark yellow flowers, practically a dead ringer for H. pentaphlebia; 20-30 in umbel, large dark green leaves on a strong vine.  This was in the collection of 10, as EG00807 From Mindanao. Mindanao, Philippines. 

tannaensis, T Green and Kloppenburg    C - Whole plant much like leucorhoda. 1/2", white and pink flower with rose corona, 5 -20 in umbel, leaves medium, on a scrambling vine.  Mine blooms continuously. This is good!  Eastern Vanuatu.

HOYA TANNAENSIS from Tanna Island

telosmoides, Omler     D- 3/4”, yellow, bell-like with narrow corolla-lobes flower; 10-15 in umbel; leaves narrow and long, dark green, on a scrambling vine. Fragrant. I still believe that this is a Telosma – not a Hoya.  Cool, wet grower from Sabah, Malaysia  Not always available.

HOYA TELOSMOIDES, Really something different

thailandica, Thaithong    D -1/2", white flowers; 10-15 in umbel; leaves, shiny, dark green, medium, on a modest vine. Thailand

thomsoni, Hooker f     D - 1/2", white flowers; 5-10 in umbel; leaves small-medium, lanceolate, slightly hairy on a modest vine. Cool growing, from Northern Thailand  Not always available.

tjadasmalangensis, Bakh. f.  C - 1/2”, drab rose flowers; 35-40 in umbel; handsome leaves to 9”, palmately veined, shiny, dark green on a robust vine.  Previously sp. Borneo 80-03 Howsthatforaname? Indonesia - Borneo  

tomataensis, T Green and Kloppenburg  D-  3/8", rose flowers; 15 -25 in umbel; medium leaves on a loose vine.  Clear sap. This looks a lot like H. paulshirleyii. Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 

tsangii, Burton   C-1/4", brown-red flowers; 10-15 in umbel; leaves small, rough, dark green with dark edge on a hanging vine.  TG81084 Philippines There is a mix-up of this and H odetteae, see Ted's Soap Box.

uncinata, Teijsm.     C- 3/4", pinkish-white flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves 3"-4", lanceolate, quite flat, dark green with blotching, on a modest vine. Coronal lobes hooked (uncinate). Syn H. padangensis. Sumatra, Indonesia (See Ted's Soap Box)

vanuatuensis, T Green   A- 3/4", pale concolor yellow flowers; 15 in umbel; leaves thick, 2" ovate, on a robust vine. Vanuatu  This was formerly the Vanuatu form of H. diptera.

villosa, Cost.     C- Plant is very similar to globulosa except leaf is a bit smaller. Flower reported to be different. Must be cool-growing for I can’t flower it here. Vietnam

vitellina, Blume     C- 1/2”, egg-yolk colored flowers; 20-25 in umbel; silver flecked, medium to large, beautiful leaves on a robust vine. Indonesia.

NEW vitellinoides, Bakh. f.     D- Flowers very similar to finlaysonii - even to being short lived and with the same fragrance, 1/2", yellow and red; 25 - 20 in umbel; leaves, quite variable, medium to large on a robust vine.  Indonesia and Borneo. This was collected as "Chicken Farm".

vitiensis, Turrill     C- 3/4", beautiful, dusky-lavender flowers - with silver hairs that make them look metallic; 6 - 10 in umbel; vine growth much like schneei. I like this color. Fiji

-- Fiji Yellow  var    D- 3 node cutting. 3/4" yellow flower, plant as type except that the leaves are narrower. Collected on Mt. Victoria, Fiji, while looking for H. megalantha.  Fiji

HOYA VITIENSIS var FIJI YELLOW

walleniana, Kloppenburg     C- 3/16", buff-white with rose center flowers; 20-25 in flat umbel; leaves and growth much like lacunosa. The leaves may get quite red in sunlight. Sabah, Malaysia

wayetii, Kloppenburg     C - 1/4”, deep red-rose, fuzzy flowers; 25 - 30 in umbel; leaves 3/4” x 4”, dark green with or without a dark purple edge, channel-shaped, on a modest clumping, pendant vine.  Luzon, Philippines.  Syn kentiana.

HOYA WAYETII

waymaniae, Kloppenburg     C - 1/4", fuzzy ball-shaped, orange flowers; 4-6 flowers on very long (6") peduncle; leaves 4", dark green to red, with blotches, wavy edge, on a creeping modest vine. Found growing in forest litter - and climbing up into low trees!  Sabah, Malaysia

weebella, Kloppenburg       D - 4" cutting. Growth and plant very much like bella but more compact growth,  smaller, rounder tipped leaves and many time with 3 leaves at a node - the only Hoya I know that may have 3 leaves at a node. Northern India. Syn H. dickasoniana

wibergiae, Kloppenburg    C- 1/2", greenish-white with red center (somewhat like acuta); 10-15 in umbel; medium leaves, 3-nerved leaves and with grey spots, on a robust vine. Palawan, Philippines 

NEW sp campanulata? LTL1    D - 1", pale tan-white campanulate flowers; 10-15 flowers in umbel: thin medium leaves on a viny bush.  Much like a large form of H. cystiantha. Night fragrance like citronella.  Peninsular Malaysia

LTL1 vs H cystiantha (notice the 6 coronal lobes of the LTL1 clone - a freak, for it usually has 5)

sp. Kast        C  Interesting vine very similar to x (meredith x crassicaulis) except more droopy and with lanceolate leaves with acute tip. This is not H meredithii. Origin Sarawak?

SP. Kast,  With its handsome up to 8-10 inch leaves

sp. previously H. vitellinoides    C- Flowers, leaves and growth very much like H. meredithii except with smaller sepals and different coronal lobes; leaves smaller, thicker, paler veined and not twisted, on a more compact vine. Sumatra

sp. IML 1035        C- 1/2" yellow flowers; 10 -20 in umbel; leaves medium size with prominent veins on a pendant moderate vine. Origin unknown.

sp. Biak Island    D, 1/4", yellow; 10-15 in umbel; leaves 1 x 1-1/2". Stems may attach close to support with odd, flat arrangement of branches. Leaves sometimes flecked with gray blotches. This is a handsome, clean cut, compact plant.  Biak Island, Indonesia

H. SP. BIAK ISLAND

sp. Germany         C- Whole plant very similar to H finlaysonii except that the leaves have a much more reticulate venation and are flatter.  This was from a grower in Germany - not wild there!  The "hybrid" Jennifer?

sp. Gold Star        C- 1-1/2", yellow-green starry flower; 4 - 8 in umbel; whole plant completely bald, as H.ariadna. Country of origin unknown.  An Eriostemma     Add oyster shell to mix.

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HOYA SP. GOLD STAR

HOYA SP. LOCKERBIE

NEW sp.  Lockerbie    D- 2", pink to rose to yellow, slightly cupped flower; few in umbel; leaves medium much like affinis, strong vine.  Cape York, Australia  An Eriostemma so add oyster shell to mix.

NEW sp. Mindanao    D- Tiny, 3/8" rose colored flowers; 10-20 in umbel; small 1" ovate leaves on a small vine.  Mindanao, Philippines This is something!  Sorry, in short supply.

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HOYA SP. MINDANAO

sp. salweenica?     B- 1/2”, all-white flower, much like carnosa; leaves lanceolate, medium sized, thick, on a moderate vine. Form of H. carnosa?  As carnosa, the sap is clear. Thailand, Burma, Eastern India?

sp. Teneba Pass    C - 1/2" yellow to salmon flowers; 15 -20 in umbel; leaves medium well veined; on a scrambling vine.  Sulawesi , Indonesia

HOYA SP. Teneba Pass Species  

sp. USDA 354242     C-1-1/4", clear yellow, slightly cupped flowers; 4-6 in umbel; leaves 4", fuzzy, on a robust vine. Flowers best in strong sunlight. Add oyster shell to mix. Papua New Guinea. An Eriostemma

HOYA SP. USDA 354242

VARIEGATED HOYAS - I have been asked if I have any variegated forms of Hoyas or Dischidias.  I believe that light intensity greatly influences the percentage and extent of variegation (and the introduction of pink and red) .  Also, I have found that those forms that are most variegated are usually the hardest to root. Here are some of the ones that I have.

Photo 1, H. acuta, Photo 2, H. australis, Photo 3, H. australis, D. nummularia, Photo 4, H. kerrii, Photo 5, H. carnosa, Photo 6, H. latifolia.

NEW    I have some Hoyas that are still unclasssified, although several have bloomed.  Most have interesting (medium to very large) leaves or great potential for interesting flowers.  I am offering 10 of the following and are sold only as a collection for $100. I am sure that under someone else's growing conditions these will bloom but don't expect large blue flowers with yellow dots!  

1    H. sp. IV From WMZ

2    H. sp. Palawan-div, From the Philippines

3    H, sp. Robinson Power Dam, from Peninsular Malaysia

4    H. sp. MM macgillivray? hybrid?

5    H. sp. IML 1139 An Eriostemma From PNG. 

6    H. sp. Book Village, From Langkawi

7    H. sp. Hevola, An Eriostemma From ?

8    H. sp. I, from WMZ, in salweenica complex

9    H. sp. 900307 JP From the Philippines

10    H. sp. Anthony, from the Philippines

TELOSMA is a genus of tropical vines that demand the same cultural conditions as Hoyas. They should be treated as terrestrials and, this one offered, should be trained on a trellis. This is not a house plant for it needs a lot of light and room. These plants are not easily rooted. 

cordata, (Burm f)     C- 1/2, chartreuse, bell-shaped flowers; 8-l0 in umbel; leaves round, cordate, 3", dark green, thin, on a wirey, very robust vine. This is the Pakalana (or Chinese Violet) of lei making. A beautiful fragrance! Need a lot of light to do well. China-India

sp. Guam     C- 3/4”, light green, bell shaped flowers with twisted corolla with pointed tips, 15-20 in umbel; leaves 3-4”, medium green, on a robust vine. Flower not fragrant as cordata. Guam

WHAT’S NEW - WHAT’S COMING UP -

Dorothy and I went back to Sabah in April (my 10th trip to Borneo in 21 years) and saw new things at the Butterfly Farm at Kipandi. 

Went back to the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia in April 2011 - to see collectors around Manila and then on to Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia to plant out tissue cultured H. spartiodes in 3 places, where it is very rare.  Also, to visit collectors and friends.  I went alone and always hate it.  Picked up some new (for me) things.

I went solo to Micronesia in May 2010, to collect the true H. schneei (since most of the ones in the trade are H. leucorhoda) and to try to collect H. trukensis (which I have never had).  Found the H schneei but not the H trukensis - wrong island in the Truk group - This was a very expensive trip!

Add an other trip for Dorothy and me, April/May 2009, when we did find H. nyhuusiae, H. gildingii and H. telosmiodes on Mt. Kinabalu and south on the Crocker range (no flowers though).  Unfortunately, we did not find H. spartiodes, in Sipitang, even though we really looked.  Houses and a school are now built where we found it before.  The Butterfly Farm is getting better and better, with new hoyas and collection of things not found previously in the area.  Mt. Kinabalu is still one of my favorite places and the Kiau View Trail the best hike, pleasant and cool - heaven on earth!  

Made a return trip to Borneo (on 2/7/08) and this time my wife Dorothy, Carol Noel, Rudy and Anne Bachmann went with me.  It was my 9th time there, Dorothy's 2nd and first time for Carol, Rudy and Anne. Of course Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia is changing, more forests being planted to Oil Palms and pulp trees, more housing, paved highways but still I am amazed at the place.  Within the forests that remain, - the valleys, mountain tops, river banks - new Hoyas are being found every year.  

There are now 2 local people in Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia who have good collections of the native species of Hoyas and doing a good job of raising them - one collection is at sea level (hot) and another at 1500ft (cool). Both are within 30 minutes of Kota Kinabalu. More people are getting interested in hoyas - so much so that Tony Lamb is starting on his book of the Hoyas of North Borneo.

The Hoya Garden at Tenom is suffering - too much shade from the overgrown trees, lack of funds and someone with a Hoya appreciation to look after them.  The Mountain Garden on Gunong Emas has nearly all been lost - deteriorated and died from neglect and fire - what a shame!

This Feb-March '07 trip to Palawan Island, Philippines, was a social/touristy success for Carol Noel, Rudy and Anne Bachmann and my wife Dorothy and me but a failure for collecting, zero, zilch, nada!  It is amazing how the areas have changed in the past 7 years and I didn't find a single H. imperialis or D. imbricata in places where there were many before.  We didn't find H. curtisii and H. darwinii at St. Paul's Bay. Everywhere was warm, dry and dusty but no rain, few mosquitoes and no leeches. 

    On Luzon, we did get a chance to visit Dr. Monina Siar at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos and see her hoya collection. Her building has burned up since we were there and much valuable research material was lost.

    On another trip back to Fiji, Dorothy and I found, H. diptera, H. vitiensis and H. megalantha on Taveuni and maybe H. megalantha (no flowers - turned out to be a yellow H vitiensis) part way up (at 2,700 ft.) Mt. Victoria (Tomanivi) on Viti Levu.  

    In July (2006), I went back to the Philippines to see Monina Siar and her hoyas at Un of Phil Los Banos and Rolita Spowart's orchids in Manila and then continued on to Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia (6th trip there) to see Tony Lamb, the condition of the hoya garden at Tenom, and collect a few things.  The Tenom Garden is going down hill for the trees are making too much shade and funds are short so the maintenance suffers.  On the other hand, H. danumensis, without any care, is now 6 ft. across - grown from a small cutting that I brought back from Danum Valley, years ago. Did see some fabulous H. imperialis flowers, in a private collection, nearly 3-1/2" diameter! - the grower uses horse manure for fertilizer!  It was a quick trip and wished that I had more time to go to Banggi Island in the north. Maybe next time.

     Still, there is a prize waiting for the first person who gets H. glabra to produce a leaf greater than 9” x 12”. Send a picture! 

    Some higher elevation hoyas do not grow that well for me but I have recollected and now have growing both Hoya gildingii and Hoya nyhuusiae, both from the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia (Mt. Kinabalu is at the north end ).  Incidentally, these honor 2 of my collecting buddies - Ed Gilding and Torill Nyhuus!      Photos by Torill Nyhuus  At the same time, we collected what might be Tony Lamb's Mt. White - a new species.  Stay tuned!

Hoya gildingii, from Mt. Kinabalu	Hoya nyhuusiae, also from Mt. Kinabalu

  PS: If you haven’t joined the INTERNATIONAL HOYA ASSOCIATION do it now! Contact the membership secretary Jim Wayman at wjw1000@aol.com  Dues are $30 domestic and $45 foreign per year - includes 4 issues of the FRATERNA.  Its web-site is: http://www.international-hoya.org/ - take a look!