Hoyas IV
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The flowers of H. obtusifolia smells like mango but they never open fully, prefering instead to form drooping claws. This is a large thick vine the likes of H. diversifolia but is much rarer and grows very high up in the canopy. This plant was collected from Peninsula Malaysia from a fallen tree where it was climbing rampantly all over its trunk. The vegetative feature does not look like a typical Hoya al all. |
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The heavy flowers of Hoya mitrata from Thailand, Borneo and Malaysia. Like its relative H. darwinii, this species has 2 types of leaves, the normal type and the cabbage-type - the latter attracts ants to build nests there. The leaves are large, thick and lightly streaked with white. Contrary to Rintz comments about the species, the form I have is very free flowering whole year through - the essence to success is strong light and good watering. |
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Hoya waymaniae is a new species from Borneo described by Dale Kloppenburg. The leaves are very thick and turn red in the sun. The orange bloom was borned on a long peduncle. This species appears to rot easily so watering needs to be controlled. The peduncle tends to drop off after flowering.
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The thin hard leaves of H. caudata appear to be lichen covered. This is a very slow vine and has been found in Malaysia, Thailand and Borneo. The flower is very distinguished, having ciliate hairs emerging from corona. |
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Hoya macrophylla is a large leaf species from SE Asia. It is also a common plant in Singapore, where I have seen plants laden with heavy succulent leaves measuring around 15 x 23cm. Singapore plants (pictured left) appear to have rotund leaves while in mainland Malaysia, the leaves are more elongated |
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H. hypolasia is one of the many interesting
Hoyas species Schlecter had described from PNG. This has a dark hairy wiry stem and soft long
hairy leaves shown in the 2 above photos. The plant is not fast growing and cuttings may take some time before becoming established. |
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Hoya densifolia is from the Philippines and has similar shrubby habit as H. multiflora. |
