What Are Your Favorites For Foilage?

12 years ago

Hi everyone,

Foilage is what I'm primarily looking at most of the time for my hoyas. To answer my own question, I would have to choose:

1. Kerrii- Hands down my all time favorite for foilage. It ranks high on my recommended hoya list. Come on! Heart shaped leaves? Who wouldn't love a plant with heart shaped leaves?

2. Var. macrophylla-Like living artwork

3. Pubicalyx-Love the speckles that they have!

4. Krimson Queen-who doesn't love this one?

5. Fungii-One word: texture!

There is my top five list. I didn't put down compacta because while I love the foilage it's difficult to have when you're dealing with mealies. Krimson Princess is beautiful too, when it doesn't lose the varigation. I still like them though! Oh and *hopefully soon* I will be getting kerrii!! Yahoo!!!

So, what are your favorites?

Brad AKA Moonwolf

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Comments (10)

golden_ca_2000
12 years ago
Well out of the plants I own...

1. Var. macrophylla
2. serpens... I love the little leaves
3. Mathilde... again little leaves
4. Pink silver splash - Pubicalyx
(I think thats what its called)
5. Well... I guess my last choice is Rigida... Now I like the big leaves - lol....
I like them all really! My list could go on and on....
lovingmy4babies
12 years ago
Hmmm... I'm all about the bi-colored leaves, like callistophylla, large leaves, and I love anything fuzzy. Out of my collection, I'd probably say:

1. DS-70. The new growth is always so soft, and the leaves get a very attractive purple cast when sunkissed.

2. merrillii, because it's so shiny and pretty

3. diversifolia

4. macrophylla variegata

5. pubicalyx RHP- gotta love the dark, almost black new leaves and vines.
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quinnfyre
12 years ago
This is surprisingly hard to narrow down to five. But then again, I buy for foliage most of the time, not flowers.

1. lambii

2. sp. Kalimantan

3. buotii

4. elliptica

5. calycina

Throwing a few more out there just because: variegated obovata, everyone already said variegated macrophylla, erythrostemma, fitchii, cagayanensis...
greedygh0st
12 years ago
0. My all round timeless foliage favorite: rigida!, {{gwi:976170}}, {{gwi:976171}}

Off the top of my head, my current faves are as follows (in no particular order):

1. surigaoensis

2. thompsonii

3. mitrata

4.

5. {{gwi:976174}}

I am also recently very taken with limoniaca, bicknellii,
, and siamica (I don't want to enable anyone, but is anyone else noticing that a lot of the plants we're mentioning are in Joni's August's sale? I can't tell you how tempted I am to buy a second one of this one just b/c I love it so much and everyone's always wanting it in trade... >_>')
patrick51
12 years ago
Another tough question, but:
1. Carnosa KQ
2. Vitellinoides
3. Gigantaganensis (now called a new name)
4. Kunming Kina
5. Lambii

Tomorrow the list may change!! There's just too many with spectacular foilage!!
tammypie
12 years ago
My Krimson Queen has the most beautiful waxy-like leaves, and some are pure creamy-white. Numero Uno in my book!

TammyPie
squidy
12 years ago
Hmmmm...

1. obavata, but only if it has perfectly round leaves.
2. Full green hoya compacta
3. serpens
4. darwinii
5. chelsea
6. curtisii

(Couldn't stop at 5;;;)
tigerdawn
12 years ago
Let's see, off the top of my head, in no particular order...

Merrillii
Callistophylla
Parasitica variegata
Curtisii
Australis Lisa
Wayettii

I couldn't stop at five either :-)
cpawl
12 years ago
I love all my hoyas but a few do stand out for me
Lambii
australis lisa
finlaysonii
hypolasia
scortechinii
sigillatis
Sorry could not stop with just five.
I thought I would show just how beautiful scortechinii is.

and one more.

The leaf is stiff like cardboard and a bit like leather.

Thanks for looking.

Cindy
tigerdawn
12 years ago
I love the wavy edges!