Aggie

I agree the cumingiana looks nothing like carnosa! What was he thinking?!!?! LMAO :P

Aggie, what do you think of the scent of this one? BTW, make sure you smell day and night.

Also, you caught it just as it was opening, much nicer than when fully reflexed, imo.

golden - the shepardii is lovely, not quite sure why I have never acquired this one.

xo
kittee

Very nice close up shot Kittee!

Peduncle #3

It's funny that I'm posting this on the Fourth Of July, because, to me, Hoya buds look like fireworks! Especially the ones that once they explode, they look like they leave like a trail of stardust after them. Those are my favorite fireworks. Happy Fourth Of July everyone!

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Happy 4th to you, too, Brad and every one else on this forum who is from the US. I wished my Canadian friends a Happy Canada day on Sunday but forgot you nice folks on here that are Canadian.

Sorry Mitzi, I do not know when Brasils' "Independence day" is. Also, all our other friends here that are from around the world and enrich us with their comments, photos and experience.

poseidon

H. vitiensis

H. subcalva-one of my favorites for fragrance (smells exactly like grape juice!!)

H. polystachya IML 1043--a first time bloomer for me

this is another first time bloomer for me. It came from Epiphytica nursery in Thailand. I don't recall what the EPC # is though. When Jack sent it to me he had it labeled as a curly leaf form of H. anulata because the leaf edges turn under and are slightly wavy. Aside from those characteristics it does resemble hoya anulata in pretty much every way. There is a nice fragrance but i can't really describe what it smells like!!!

I hope you all enjoy the photos.

I miss coming around every day like I used to but after the death of both my mom and my grandmother just 11 days apart back in March,some days I just don't even want to get out of bed and if it wasn't for having to get up and go to work to support myself,some days I probably wouldn't let my feet hit the floor. i'm told that you never forget and that in time it does get better but right now I just don't see it.

Anyway, just keep doing what feels right to you. All you can do is feed your body and your soul and wait. But it's really great to hear from you, as always.

ENJOY!!!!!

Up first is H. cv. Rachel. I also have her sister Rebbeca in bloom but the pic I took of her wasn't good enough to share.

H. bella albomarginata

H. sp. Kalimantan IML 1168

Thanks for the photo of cv. Rachel. There aren't that many pictures of this one posted. Do these two, Rachel and Rebecca, differ significantly from one another?

I have to say I'm pretty annoyed I haven't seen rain yet. D: Maybe this weekend.
At least I can open my windows at night. :D

I did some searching on the Epiphytica website trying to get some updated info on the above photo that I have as aff. anulata. I see now that Jack has it labeled as H. oblongata ( I forgot the EPC #). I'm not sure how valid a name oblongata is but i'll update my personal records to reflect the name change until I hear otherwise. I have a hoya from Sweden that came to me labeled as H. oblongata and this afternoon if I can remember to do it, I want to compare the 2 and see if they resemble any

I'll try and get a comaprison picture for you of both cv. Rachel and cv. Rebbeca. They differ slightly in appearance leaf wise but the flowers are pretty close.

That sp. Kalimantan is a favorite of mine for it's flowers. The leaves are pretty amazing also!!!

david

Today I got a shot of H. heuschkeliana pink form

H. erythrina "Bajo" purchased from Asiatica nursery a few years ago. These flowers are pretty in a picture but absolutely stunning in person!!!!

GG, as promised here are side by side pics of the leaves from both H. cv. Rachel (left smaller) and H. cv. Rebbeca (right larger).

These were taking about 10 minutes ago. First is H. padangensis. The flower color seems to be a little lighter on it this year than it has been in the past. If you look at some older pics that I posted of it last year the petal edges appear to be a little darker. It's getting more shade this year than last so that could possibly be a reason for that.

H. davidcummingii. if you close your eyes and smell this flower you'd swear that you were smelling fresh hot melted butter!!!!

This is a neat little hoya that I got from a nursery in Thailand last year. It has small heart shaped thick succulent leaves that are heavily speckled with silvery white spots. The flowers are like those of H. lacunosa and have a very sweet scent.This is H. krohniana "Eskimo"

This is a first time bloomer for me (well it bloomed a few weeks ago but I missed the flowers as they only seem to last for a single day)For a hoya that is so very popular and seems to be on everyone's want list and having one of the most beautiful leaves on a hoya,I have to say that the scent in my opinion leaves a LOT to be desired!!!! It smells like mildew which I found very interesting considering that most of the hoyas from the finlaysonii/callistophylla group have a pleasing spicy fragrance,or so the ones that i've put my nose to thus far have anyway.These flowers are quite tiny also.

Thanks so much for taking the time to provide that comparison photo of Rebecca and Rachel. It's very helpful.

I haven't seen erythrina Bajo in person yet, but I'm so excited to. I know just what you mean when you say it's infinitely more stunning in person. I constantly feel this way when I am trying to describe what I am seeing in a Hoya. The nice thing about Bajo is it's easy to grow, so I'll get there eventually.

Okay, I just have to come out and admit it. I'm feeling more than a little green about your padangensis. I used to grow it quite easily but lately it seems so hard. And I so love those flowers, too. Everything about the plant, really. It's an odd duck. Anyway, it looks like your photos are as close as I'm going to get for a while... >_>

I do not remember davidcummingii smelling like butter at all! I don't think mine had much of a scent. I guess it needs to bloom again for me so I can compare. I think our noses must be similar because I usually find your descriptions of fragrances spot on.

Last but not least, that sp. Borneo Ganung Gading (editor's note: David's last photo) is just perfection! I guess I don't find it that strange that it smells like mildew. When my finlaysonii Ripple Leaf bloomed recently, it primarily smelt spicy and faintly lemony, but there was also this fragrance note reminiscent of walking down the corridors of one of those old public buildings whose halls are ice cold even in the middle of the summer. I described it as musty, but mildewy is probably more accurate. Just kind of... an ancient smell.

I'll have to rise to this challenge of yours when I'm at home. :)

@ Mary

Great photos! I love it when people get publicalyx at that angle where the sharp coronas are cut out against the light.

obovata blooms are so funny. They always look slightly melted to me. Like they were fashioned of marshmellow and left out to puff and fold in the sun.

All of your pics are very nice. I especially like the first one of the pubicalyx. You'll probably notice if you have looked back over any of my old pictures and you'll see when i post new ones that there aren't any and probably won't be of any of my pubs. For some reason I absolutely can not take a good picture of any of them. Hoya pubicalyx "Royal Hawaiian Purple" is my favorite and is in constant bloom this time of year and I have tried and tried to get a decent picture of it and can't so I gave up on trying to get carnosa or pubicalyx pics!!!

That said,I have a few new ones to share today. First is H. incrassata

H. obovata. I wish I could get a picture of the entire plant for you all to see. It grows in a 24" pot (yes that's a twenty-four inch pot) There's an 8ft tall by 4ft wide trellis that it covers. It then goes up into the rafters of the gh which is 10ft high and then it sprawls out all over the place for many many feet.

H. merrillii. This is a hoya that everyone should have in their collection. the leaves are medium in size and very glossy dark green and will turn red when grown in high light

H. diversifolia ssp. El-Nidicus. This thing can become a monster in little to no time. I also found that this sub species of diversifolia seems to bloom at a much younger age than the others do . I had 2 other types of diversifolia and one took 8 years to bring into bloom,the second never did so you know what I did with it!!!!!

Mary I agree that if you're going to have one ( an addiction) this is THEE one to have!!! In my case though,having all the extra room as you mentioned,can make it seem like a second job!!!! My gh is 18W X 10H X 52L. Guess what it's filled with!!!!!

I have a question about the anulata - the one I have labeled annulata leaves look absolutely nothing like yours at all. About the only thing they have in common is they are both plants.

mine is IML 1120, from a reputable source. Question is, is there really that much variety within a species in Hoyas?

Mary, beautiful flowers as well. obovata is always a treat. And btw, my absolute favorite is publicalyx. Yep it is common, but for ease of growth, ease of flowering and just absolutely gorgeous blooms, I just love it.

Renee

I have to apologize. That picture of the af anulata is a bit misleading. The leaves that you see in that picture are actually not from that plant!!!! The vine which has the blooming peduncle on it was hanging in an odd position to take a picture so I lifted it up and hung it over an erriostemma plant and those are the leaves that you see. The leaves from the aff anulta do favor the other clones of H. anulata that I grow with the exception of the leaf edges turning under slightly.

david

Have to say I'm relieved.

Thanks, renee

Wow. A 24" pot. I had to read that twice to absorb it. So, about how old is this obovata?

That merrillii photo is gorgeous. I think this is one of the best Hoyas to acquire early on, for sure. It really stands out and has typical Hoya needs. What does it smell like?

Interesting note about the diversifolia ssp. El-Nidicus!

I'm really glad to hear you had a similar experience with padangensis. I'm going to keep working at it.

@ Renee

I received the 0080 at the same time as 1120, so I have been comparing these two and they really are quite different, although there is a clear family resemblance. Joni says the 0084 is easily discernible, too.

Aggie

As Tina Fey says, "I want to go to there."

David!!!! I'm so happy to see you posting your beautiful pictures again!!! :-)

I have totally awesome news for you all! Fungii (Tootsie) has started to open her buds this afternoon! I will try and get a picture up tomorrow.

Brad AKA Moonwolf

GG, my obovata is not really as old as one would think for it to be so large. It may be between 5-6 if that. Each year I bet I cut a hundred or more feet of vine from it to share with people and you can't look at it and tell anything is missing!!!!

I have a few more photos to share with you guys/gals tonight !!! This first one is not a hoya but I think everyone will like it. It's my Edithcolea Grandis (Persian Carpet Flower) that opened up today. The flower tips have rolled back some so you can't really look at it and tell that when it first opened it was a perfect star shape.

There is MUCH confusion over the name of this hoya. I don't think anyone will ever really figure out just which hoya is odorata,which is paziae,which is cembra or which is cv. Iris Marie. I bought this as H. aff. paziae but have read elsewhere that it is actually cv. Iris Marie. WHO KNOWS!!!! Anyway here it is!!!

I bought this as H. vitellinoides from Asiatica nursey. There seems to be a lot of controversy over the name vitellinoides also as there's a number of hoyas out there with that name attached to them!!! here's one of them!!!

H. pusilla

This is an unidentified species that Jack from Epiphytica nursery in Thailand sent me a couple of years ago. It's a new bloomer for me.

Some of you may remember me posting about his hoya back in October of last year. This plant bloomed for the first time on October 28th last year (2011) on November 29th the flowers were still fully open and intact. I don't know if the cool fall weather had anything to do with them lasting as long as they did or not. This is the first time it has bloomed for the 2012 season and it's been VERY hot here so we'll see if this new set of flowers when fully open,lasts as long as the ones from last year did. It'll be interesting to see if they do. This is H. multiflora also know as SV406.

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Aggie

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Brad - congrats on your fungii

Renee

That is really shocking about the obovata. I've had mine for a couple years and I can't imagine it growing feet at a time. ;)

Yeah I really wish the whole paziae/cembra/odorata/Iris Marie thing would get cleared up. This is one of the confusions that annoys me most because the plant I bought as paziae is one of my favorites. I recently acquired Iris Marie, interested to see with my own eyes if it was the same as what I had, or if there would be differences. I read Mike say at one point that paziae has a red corona. This is what my paziae looks like:

Love those mustard yellow blooms on the vitellinoides. The leaves on the Epiphytica sp. are really great, too!

Keep us posted on the multiflora. I think this is a really neat story.

@ tropicbreezent

Nice photo. It looks beautiful against that background.

@ Brad

Way to go! Congratulations on finally getting your fungii gold star! :)

I agree about the obovata, mine is such a slow growing plant, but it's nice. I've had it about as long as you, GG. It's one that I can't wait to get to smell the blooms. I've heard it has a fragrance of Froot Loops! lol

Brad AKA Moonwolf

GG, you and I probably won't live long enough to see some of this name stuff get straightened out with hoyas!!!! By the way I did check the H. merrillii for a scent and either it doesn't have one or I am catching it at the wrong time.

I have buds on what will be two first time bloomers and am just waiting for them to open. My hypolasia has buds and flagellata had them but I saw this morning that they have fallen off. So hopefully new ones will from and make it to maturity as I can't wait to see either of these hoyas in bloom!

Here's a shot taken today of the multiflora sv406 fully open. They all popped open the day after I took the first photo and i'm just getting around to getting this one so it'll be very interesting to see if these stay open as long as the ones from last fall did.

This is a hoya that I acquired from a Swedish grower a few years ago labeled only as H.sp. Bulusan. I love it's foliage and the flowers are quite pretty as well. They are very muck like hoya acuta flowers and this plant is probably related to that species somewhere down the line. If yo look closely at the photo you'll notice some tiny orange spots. They are orange aphids and I have MAJOR problem with them this time off year trying to keep them off my plants. I'm not using any chemicals and it's a job staying on top of these little menaces. I usually just put on a laytex glove and mash their little orange butts to death!!!!!

Aggie those photos of your Hoya lacunosa are very nice. I always seem to struggle to photograph Hoya lacunosa. Your photos are well composed and perfectly focused.

David you posted so many nice species. I think my favourite is Hoya padangensis because I am impatiently waiting for my plant to put on some substantial growth. The blooms are just so different from other Hoyas and the leaves are really quite attractive as well.
That unidentified species from Jack is pretty cool. I tried to get that one but it was unavailable at the time, really neat leaf shape on that one. It looks like it should be wonderfully fragrant, what do you notice?
I love the Edithcolea grandis bloom! I grew a bunch of these from seed years ago but never got any to flower. I let my last plant get too dehydrated this past winter and it rotted when I started to water more come spring.

Brad congratulations on the Hoya fungii blooms!

Mike

i was sooo happy to wake up this morning and fine this bloom!!!

Aggie

But I think mostly people just like to get a peek into each others' plants lives, whether it's blurry/sharp, expert/amateur, artistic/pragmatic.

Well, I can't wait to see your macgillivrayi suspect buds open! I'd love to see a picture of your tree with all the Hoyas climbing up into it, too. This is one sight that always gives me the envies. You aren't the australian TB, are you?

H. kanyakumariana. This is one of my favorite little hoyas!!!

This is a hoya that I acquired a few years ago from a Swedish grower. It's H. macgregorii and it makes the neatest, compact, perfect little balls of flowers of any hoya that i've seen. They smell good too!!!!

While checking out my mac buds I looked back along the vine and suddenly saw another peduncle with flowers about to open. Don't know how I missed it before. These look like they might open tomorrow. They are huge, considering my last lot of flowers were on H. lacunosa, LOL. The individual buds are over 20mm wide. Probably closer to 25mm. Getting close to get a photo was a bit tricky. Was worried I might break some of the vines with the ladder. And then the camera kept focussing on everything except the buds. Hopefully the flowers will open tomorrow for a special photo shoot. The second peduncle probably won't open for at least a week.

Aggie

Aggie: Your cumingiana looks so yellow! Mine is more on the greenish side at first and don't turn yellow until they're old and starting to fall off. They look a bit more yellow on the photos I'm about to post than in real life, maybe that's the case with yours too - or is it really that yellow?

First photo is of 3 different stages of flower development on the same vine. Second is of the flowers back side (I think it's kinda cool how they curl back). And third photo is of a umbel with nectar. I tasted the nectar, btw, and it tasted really nice and sweet. I didn't know if I dared to taste the nectar on this one, since it smells kind of rotten and mouldy. LOL :)

Aggie