Was reading the myhoyas.com site and it sounds like the answer is going to be in the leaves! Says australis ssp australis has pubescent leaves and australis ssp tenuipes has smooth leaves.

Beautiful flowers! Feel free to post leaf and plant photos! I love looking at pictures!

Kelly

Its absolutely Beautiful!! I'm no expert when it comes to Iding most hoyas...I do have the 'fuzzy leaf' australis and I thought I read here that mine is H. australis ssp. australis( I think it used to be called H. keysii) I think the tenuipes has the smooth leaves? I will let others that have more experience chime in. I just wanted to comment how pretty the blooms are...Congrats! I'm still waiting for mine to bloom :o(...thanks for the picture!

I feel from what I can see of the leaves it looks like australis ssp. tenuipes.The flowers are one my favorites.I look forward for mine to flower.

Cindy

I agree with Kelly's assessment that it is tenuipes. According to CB, the main differences are:

Hoya australis subsp. australis has smaller leaves, which are covered on both sides with "fuzz."

Hoya australis subsp. tenuipes has larger shiny, completely bald leaves.

Hoya australis subsp. australis flowers in autumn in US, when it condescends to bloom at all, which is rarely.

Hoya australis subsp. tenuipes blooms from very early spring until very early summer in the US and it blooms profusely.

The original article is below. Watch out, it's a bit peppery! ^_^

Here is a link that might be useful: Australis ssp. australis vs Australis ssp. tenuipes

Edit: I guess we don't know about your leaves yet, so I guess I was just agreeing with Kelly about the distinguishing characteristics, not the verdict. >_

Lovely! What kind of light do you grow it in?

Lisa

The leaves are smooth, I definitely would not say that they are fuzzy. I will post a pic as soon as I have a chance! It is growing in an east window that receives several good hours of bright morning sun. I am leaning towards Hoya australis ssp. tenuipes based on other photos online that I have seen, but still not 100% sure.

Here are pics of the leaves:

Yup...looks like tenuipes to me...smooth leaves.

Here's mine that I believe is the H. australis ssp. australis with the fuzzy leaves...
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Wow, those pictures definitely contrast with each other. The ssp. australis really is fuzzy! I guess my hoya is ssp. tenuipes after all. Interesting!

It may be different than you were expecting, but at least you have the one that blooms often! ^_^

greedyghost: Yes, you are right! And thanks for posting the link above, too. After reading that I also thought that mine is Hoya australis ssp. tenuipes, the link was very clear about the difference.