ASCLEPIAS is a genus of Tropical 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!

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, Malaya). This genus is sometimes listed as a section of the genus Hoya.

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

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. vitellinoides

HOYA ONYCHOIDES	HOYA MACGILLIVRAYI	HOYA MEGALASTER

ariadna, Decne.     C- 2" shell-pink flowers; l0 in umbel; odd odor; leaves 4", shiny, boat shaped, on a robust vine. Whole plant is bald. Add limestone 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 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

ssp sanae, Bailey     C- 3/4", white flowers; 20 in umbel; leaves 3", fuzzy, on a modest vine. Australia

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

var. paxtonii     C- As type except that the leaves are twice the length on a loose, shrubby plant. From horticulture.

var. variegata    C- As type except leaves blotched, half white. From horticulture. 

benguetensis, Schl.     C- 1/3", reddish flowers; 20 in umbel; medium sized, handsome, sometimes reddish leaves with prominent palmate vein network, on a modest vine. Luzon, Philippines

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

bilobata, Schl.     A- Tiny (probably 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, much like acuta; 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. Philippines 

HOYA BUOTII, 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!

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

HOYA CAGAYANENSIS, One of the handsomest Hoyas from the Philippines

callistophylla, Green     C- SABAH BEAUTY HOYA; 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!  Sabah, Malaysia

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

campanulata, Blume     D for 6” cutting. 1”, white with blush lavender, bell-shaped, soft flowers; 5-6 in umbel. Leaves 4”, shiny, on a loose, bushy vine; I collected this near Danum Valley, Sabah. Flowers anytime for me. Syn wallichii.

HOYA  CYSTIANTHA AND HOYA CAMPANULATA - 2 BUSHY TO VINY BEAUTIES

camphorifolia, Warb.     C- Tiny, partially closed, rose-red flowers; 20-25 in umbel on a long peduncle; leaves 3", pinnately veined, on a modest vine. Philippines

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 forms of this species. China-Japan  This a collection is from Southern Japan; also have one from Taiwan.

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!  Malaya-Indonesia

-crassifolia form     D- As the type but may sometimes have much larger (to 6"), hard leaves with rough crenulated edge. Syn H. crassifolia. Malaya  Get on the list.

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 flowers; 8 in umbel; leaves 3", shiny; on a modest vine. Samoa

chunii, Li    C- 1/4", buff flowers; 30 in umbel; leaves medium sized on a dark stemmed robust, wirey 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 limestone to mix. Syn H. madulidii. Southern Philippines. an Eriostemma

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

citrina, Ridley    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.  Malaysia

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

clemensiorum, Green    D- 1/4”, buff and maroon flowers; 30-35 in umbel. Handsomely veined, large leaf with a drip tip; a robust vine. Leaves can be very hard and heavy. Eastern Malaysia. Previously listed as H. clemensii.

collina, Schlecter        C- Whole plant very similar to microstemma. A modest scrambling vine.

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, on a robust vine. This is one of the finest hoyas with its large heads of flowers! Malaysia and Philippines

coronaria, Blume     C- 1" to 1-1/4", pale cream to white, to pink flowers; 3-5 in umbel; leaves large, fuzzy, on a robust vine. Add limestone to mix for this is a terrestrial species. Malaysia, an Eriostemma  

-- Giant Coronaria     D- 2-1/2”, green tinged white, starry flower; 4 -6 in umbel; leaves and growth very much like type. A medium vine. Add limestone to mix. Sarawak, Borneo. an Eriostemma

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 limestone 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", creamy-ochre flower; 10 to 25 in umbel on a persistent peduncle. Plant shrubby but may develop runners as it matures. Flower with more substance, more rigid and half the flower size of campanulata. Sumatra

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     C- Flower and growth quite similar to H. fungii but l flowers smaller, more numerous and leaves more pointed. Vietnam

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

dennisii, Forester & Liddle     D- 1/2”, crimson pink flowers; 6-10 in umbel; leaves 2-1/2”, shiny, on a small wiry vine. Solomon Islands

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 limestone to mix. Philippines and Indonesia

deykeae, 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. Previously list as H. deykei. 

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 and maybe Philippines

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, Malaysia

engleriana, Hosseus    D- 3/8", white and pink flowers; 8-10 in umbel; leaves very small (sometimes the size of a grain of rice), fleshy, on a scrambling bush. Does best under cool conditions. Thailand  Tissue cultured material available, from test tube.

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

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

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

filiformis, Rech.     C- 1/4", greenish white flowers; 10 in umbel; whole plant like chlorantha but flowers a bit smaller. Samoa

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

flagellata, Kerr      D- Very much like caudata but without the rough, crenulate edge, smaller leaves with smooth edge and flowers with longer "tails". Peninsular Malaysia, Previously, Mt. Jerai form of caudata.

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    D- 1/2", light yellow flowers; 3 - 10 flowers in umbel; leaves medium sized on a medium sized vine.  Sumatra, 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 - 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. 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

gigantangensis, Kloppenburg    D-1/4", golden yellow flowers; 20-30 in the flat umbel; glossy green leaves on a medium vine. Howsthatforaname? 

glabra, Schl.     C- 1/2”, purplish flowers; 15-25 in umbel; ovate leaves can be up to 11" x 8“ - (good competition for H. clemensiorum with its lanceolate leaves than can be 7 x 21"), on a robust vine. This is the “Green’s Gaudy Giant” as shown in a past issue of the Fraterna. Borneo

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-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", gray-violet 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. 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 limestone to mix. The first large flowered Hoya I had ever seen - I collected it on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, in 1963. an Eriostemma

heuschkeliana, Klopp.     C -3/16", pink to 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.

HYBRIDS 

$20 for a 6" cutting    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 

A FANTASTIC MM HYBRID (macgillivrayi x archboldiana)

D- (macgillivrayi x archboldiana) Outstanding, 2-1/2", bright dark red flowers on vine like archboldiana. MM hybrid. Note, one selected form of this is called Kaimuki, the district of Honolulu where MM lives.

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

$20 for a 6" cutting    Mathilde (carnosa x serpens), 1/2", fuzzy, creamy white flowers on a pretty compact vine with ovate leaves. EB 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. MM hybrid

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

C- (pachyclada x acuta)    Half way between the 2 parents, in growth and flowers. Somewhat like rigida but with flat leaves. This is a succulent.

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

D- Ruthie, ( MM  x  ariadna), like a beautiful, multicolored salmon-yellow-red affinis.. Needs full sun to do best. an Eriostemma  EG hybrid

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 TG for Ted Green, .

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

imbricata, Decne.     D - for 3 node cutting. 1/2", ball-shaped, greenish-white flowers; 20-25 in umbel; leaves 3", round, dark green, red blotching, shingle fashion much like D. diphylla except that the leaves are one above the other on a vine. 2 forms-- blotched leafed form with small flowers and solid green leaf with large flowers. 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 smooth edge, on a robust, heavy vine. Truly handsome plant and flowers. Add limestone to mix to all forms. Eastern Malaysia and Palawan, Philippines.

--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 form     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. rauschii        D - Flowers much as type except color is lacquer-red 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 wirey scrambling vine. Syn H. litoralis? H. rosea? 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. Ever flowering for me. Sulawesi, Indonesia

ischnopus, Schl.     C- 3/4", gold and salmon, fuzzy flowers; 20 in umbel; leaves handsome, 4", shiny green, on a modest vine. Solomons-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, 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. Borneo 

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.

--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.

kloppenburgii, 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

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. Malaya-Indonesia 

lambii, 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, Borneo

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  - for 25 years!   Papua New Guinea   

lasiantha, Korth. ex Bl.     $50 - 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 larger in all dimensions. Sabah

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

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

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” flowered, rose-red and green, cupped flower; 4 - 8 in umbel; leaves downy, medium size on a medium, robust vine. Eastern Papua New Guinea. An Eriostemma. 

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

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. Solomon Islands, Indonesia

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

loheri, Kloppenburg     C-flowers as lacunosa except rusty-brown; 10 in umbel; leaves narrow, rolled back, medium size, held upright on a very compact vine. Philippines

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-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, 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, wrong, wrong. Indonesia

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 limestone to mix. New Guinea

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

megalantha Turrill    $50 for 2 node cutting - 1-1/2", rich pink-purple cup-shaped flower (very much like archboldiana); 5 - 20 in umbel; leaves medium sized, 2 to 4", shiny, on a scrambling, thin stemmed vine.  See the Hoyatelegrafen for good pictures of this one. Fiji

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. 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, Green     C- Same as type except for the beautiful up to l2" or more, shiny, hard leaves; on a rampant vine. Indonesia. This had been erroneously known as H. fraterna for over 100 years.

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

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

meredithii, Green     D- 1/2", yellow and white flowers; 35 in umbel; leaves very handsome, 6" to l2", pale green with dark green veins, on a robust vine. You won’t believe that this is a Hoya!  Eastern Malaysia

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

micrantha, Hooker f.    B- Flowers like lacunosa except rose; 20 in a loose umbel; leaves flat, rough, olive color, on a moderately rank vine.  Malaya-Thailand

minahassae, Schlecter    C - Flowers not seen; leaves medium on a modest vine. North Sulawesi

mindorensis, Schlecter     C- Very similar to erythrostemma 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.

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, Borneo Not always available.

monetteae, Green   C- Very large (6" - 8") leafed thing resembling diversifolia but with clear sap; 1/2" white, 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, 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

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-Laos

oblanceolata Hooker f.    D- 1/2", pale flesh colored flowers; 4-12 in umbel; leaves and growth much like longifolia.  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-Laos?

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

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 for 4" cutting. 1/2", pale green and pink flowers; 20 in umbel; thick, heavy leaves, light green, on a bushy, very slow growing, succulent plant. Thailand-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?

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HOYA PALLILIMBA

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

parvifolia, Schl.     B- 1/4", straw color and rose flowers; l5 in umbel; small, fuzzy, curved leaves, on an interesting modest vine. Borneo

patella, Schlecter     D- 1-1/2”, slightly cupped, pink flowers; few in umbel. Leaves medium small, pubescent on a modest, thin vine. 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   

paziae, Kloppenburg     C- 3/4, white and lavender, fragrant flowers; 5-10 in umbel; on a bushy plant much like H. odorata. This is a handsome plant much like leucorhoda and similar to odorata. This is a must for your collection! Philippines.

HOYA PAZIAE -- flowers every month for me

pimenteliana, Kloppenburg     C-1/2", yellow-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. Philippines

plicata, King and Gamble    C- 1/4" 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.  Malaya

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     $50 - 2 node cutting. 1/2”, fuzzy, bright orange flowers; 8 - 20 in umbel; leaves light green, medium sized, shiny, on a 2' bushy plant. Sumatra  This very similar to H. lasiantha but less in all dimensions.

HOYA PRAETORII - 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. This was previously listed as H. picta. 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 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.

pusilla, Rintz     C- 1/4”, white to pale pink flowers; 20-30 in umbel. Leaves much like lacunosa except lacking the deep dips in the leaves. Peninsular Malaysia

recurvula, Kloppenburg    D - 1/2", pale yellow flower (much like acuta); 10-20 in umbel; leaves medium-small, lanceolate on a modest vine.  Western Malaysia

retusa, Vahl.     $20 for 6” cutting. 1/2”, white with red corona flower; 2 - 4 in umbel. This is a compact, small, narrow leafed one with the ends of the leaf chopped off (retuse). Really a weird Hoya plant! Southern India

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-Malaya

NEW revolubilis, Tsing and LI     D - 1/'2", white flowers on a plant much like salweenica, except the leaves are long and lanceolate 1 x 6" - Clear sap. Really different.  Southern China

HOYA REVOLUBILIS, The Kunming Kina of Southern China

NEW 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-Thailand

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

schneei, Schlecter    C-

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, Borneo

serpens, Hooker f.     C- 1/2", pale greenish-white, fuzzy flowers; 6 in umbel; leaves small, round, rough, on a modest, creeping vine. Cool grower. You can either do well with this one - or you can't! India-Nepal 

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, 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 beautiful! .  Previously Silver Flecked. Sabah 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.

spartiodes, Kuntze ex Klopp.   $25 for 1" cutting.  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. This was formerly known as Absolmsia spartiodes. Sabah, Malaya. 

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.     B- 1/2", buff flowers; 30 in umbel; leaves large, thick, with prominent veins. A very heavy vine that turns dark in the sun. Thailand-Burma

sussuela, Merrill     C- 2", dark maroon, starry flowers; l0 in umbel; strong musk odor; leaves 4", dark green, on a robust vine. Add limestone to mix. Indonesia, New Britain Island. an Eriostemma

var lutea, Merrill     C- As type, except the flowers are smaller and yellow-orange to yellow and pink. Sulawesi, Indonesia. an Eriostemma

telosmiodes, Omler     D- !/2”, white, bell-like with narrow corolla lobed flower; 10-15 in umbel; leaves narrow and long, dark green, on a scrambling vine. Fragrant. I believe that this is a Telosma – not a Hoya. Cool, wet grower from Sabah, Borneo 

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 

tjadasmalangensis  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, Green and Kloppenburg  D-  3/8", rose flowers; 15 -25 in umbel; medium leaves on a loose vine.  Clear sap. 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.  81084 Philippines

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, 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

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

NEW -- Fiji Yellow  var    D- 2 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

vitellina, Blume     C- 1/2”, egg-yolk colored flowers; 20-25 in umbel; silver flecked, medium to large, beautiful leaves on a robust vine. H. vitellina, H. vitellinoides and H. meredithii are all closely related, but different. Indonesia.

vitellinoides, Bakh. f.     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. Borneo

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, Borneo

wayetii, Kloppenburg     C - 1/4”, deep red-rose, fuzzy flowers; 25 - 30 in umbel; leaves 3/4” x 4”, dark green with dark purple edge, channel-shaped, on a modest clumping, pendant vine. Luzon, Philippines.

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

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 that I know of with 3 leaves at a node. Northern India. 

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  

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

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

sp. Gold Star        D- 1-1/2", yellow-green starry flower; 4 - 8 in umbel; plant as H.ariadna, completely bald.  Country of origin unknown.  A good parent.

NEW sp. 97089       D – Plant a dead-ringer for coronaria, except the flowers are ¾", usually apple green but may be red as 97027 from Uluapinapin, partially closed; 10-12 in umbel (with many umbels out at one time). Pleasant fragrance. Flowers look something like obtusifolia. Add limestone to mix. Found at the beach at Sipitang and then at Nabawan (2 very different places), Sabah, Borneo. Probably, and should be and will be named H. obtusifoliodes by Ed Gilding (if he ever gets around to it!). The 97027 was formerly Borneo Red.  an Eriostemma

Sp. Rundum  93039   D - Flowers 1/2", dark red; husky dark green leaves with some dips in the top surface, twice the size of revoluta; on a robust vine. Beautiful growth. Sabah, Borneo  This plant has the appearance of a tetraploid.

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. Tanna Island    C - Whole plant much like paziae and leucorhoda. 1/2" white flower with rose corona, 5 -20 in umbel, leaves medium, clean, on a pendant, non-viney shrub. Vanuatu

sp. USDA 354241     C-1-1/4", dark red, flat flowers; 4-6 in umbel; leaves 4", fuzzy, on a robust vine. Add limestone to mix.  Cape York, Australia. an Eriostemma

sp. USDA 354242     C-1-1/4", clear yellow, flat flowers; 4-6 in umbel; leaves 4", fuzzy, on a robust vine. Flowers best in strong sunlight. Add limestone 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.

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 -

    Just got back from a return trip to Borneo (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 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 there 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.

I did find H. nyhuusiae and H. telosmiodes on Mt. Kinabalu (no flowers) but not H. gildingii and, even though I really looked in Sipitang, no H. spariodes.  Houses are now built where we found it before.

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.

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.

     My mother-in-law's death in Australia interrupted our trip back to Palawan Island in the Philippines in February and we couldn't make it back ($800 increase each in air fare) so we gave up.  So, we went to Fiji where we were successful in collecting all 4 of the Fijian species: H. diptera, H. vitiensis, H. australis and the long sought after H. megalantha.  We found them all within a 20 mile stretch on the island of Taveuni.  The H. megalantha we found in the exact place where I had searched 3 times before, at 3,200 ft., but this time there was ONE, wilting flower still in bloom (end of the season)  and that lead me to a whole group of the plants. You should have seen this 84 year old climbing a 25 foot cliff above the road to get it!

    We also found, H. diptera, H. vitiensis and maybe H. megalantha (no flowers) part way up (at 2,700 ft.) Mt. Victoria (Tomanivi) on Viti Levu.  That hike was easy compared to climbing that cliff on Taveuni.

    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 (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. campanulata, 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! 

    The best laid plans of mice and men - Some hoyas do not perform as we hope. Hoya gildingii and Hoya nyhuusiae, interestingly (what I thought were un-hoya things) that we collected on Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah..  Incidentally, these honor 2 of my collecting buddies - Ed Gilding and Torill Nyhuus!  I think that 5,000 ft on Mt. Kinabalu is too high, too cool for my conditions here.    Photos by Torill Nyhuus  

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

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