Xuan,

I don't know, but it's a beauty! Can you get a photo of the leaves? The little I can see of the leaves look smallish, but that might be an illusion.

Denise in Omaha

Yes, Denise, the leaves are small, like those of dischidia. I'll try get a pic.

Xuan

Wow. Those have got to be the most beautiful Hoya flowers I've ever seen.

I didn't know they could be yellow! I WANT one of those, so hopefully someone can tell you what it is. :) gg

Green,
There are lots of yellow blooming hoyas! Kenejiana is one that I have blooming now that is GORGEOUS. There are tons. Try the link below and you'll see lots of different blooms. Beware though, your want list will GROW!

Gabi

Here is a link that might be useful: Hoyas

Wow... Gabi, you have a lot of Hoyas! Obviously I don't know all that much about them, but I love learning. I think they are my favorite plant - I seem to get attached to them like none other.

I have just a few, but always on the lookout for cuttings!

lacunosa (never bloomed)

compacta "holianna" (nb, very small single stem, but growing)

carnosa 1 (nb, not sure what variety)

carnosa 2(nb, not sure what variety)

multiflora (bloomed sev times a year for the past 2 years - but blasted last week)

potsii (nb, big leaves/fat stems)

carnosa "krimson queen" (newest acquisition -seven good-sized cuttings w/ many penducles!)

It sucks!!! When I asked the friend for a photo of the leaves, he said... he spotted the hoya in the forest while searching for orchids and took that photo, he didn't collect the hoya!!!! Graaaaahhhhhhhhhh! I was hoping to ask him for a cutting!!!!

I'm sorry to have brought this up, but the hoya really got me!

Denise, I once saw a bunch of cuttings with leaves like yours being sold at the roadside orchid/hoya market. The seller said they were hoyas but I couldn't get them because I offerred under-price. So yours could be a hoya! Please post a pic when it blooms.

Xuan

Denise, your picture looks exactly like my inconspicua. Mine hasn't bloomed either, but it has the same leaves as your's and the same growth habit.

Gabi

Hi Xuan
Where is the place that your friend took that picture?
And where is the market that you used to buy hoya?
sue

Sue, the photo was taken in Quảng Ninh forest, in the north of Vietnam near Ha Long Bay.

Normally I buy hoyas and hoya cuttings from roadside vendors right here in Saigon. Guess you know where Lãng Ãng Bà Chiá»u is? That's the place. And another one near Ba Son. At these markets, people from the countryside would bring their harvests from the jungle to sell to city folks. Their products include 'wild' orchids (species orchids) and hoyas, dischidias, etc. Quite affordable price. But the sellers can never supply a correct name and that's why I end up with all NOIDs!

Xuan

Thanks Xuan
Next time, if I go back to VN, we will organize a trip to the jungle, OK?
Last time, I traveled to Hanoi, Sapa, Mong Cai, and down to Saigon. At that time, I did not know about hoya much, now I regretted. Maybe in 2 more years.
sue

Gabi,

I've now got the true H. inconspicua and the leaves are similar, but the growth habit differnt. The one above gets a cluster of leaves at leaf nodes whereas inconspicua had two leaves at each node which is more typical of Hoyas. The leaves are also quite a bit larger on inconspicua - about the size of davidcummingii (but thicker.) When I was told it was a Dischidia, I thought, "well, that explains the weird way it gets the leaf clusters," but there ARE some Hoyas that do that, like fungii. Guess I'll know when it blooms!

Denise in Omaha

Yeah, I guess since you have the real inconspicua to compare it to, then it's easier to tell. You'll just have to see when it blooms. But for what it's worth, my inconspicua grows the way your above plant grows (both in clusters and 2 leaves at a node). I'll see if I can get a picture tonight.

Gabi

Denise, here are some pics of my H. inconspicua. What do you think in terms of yours? As you can see, there is both cluster growth and 2-leaved growth. Not sure if that is the characteristic growth pattern, but I was hoping this would help a bit.

Here's the full plant:
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A close-up of the cluster-type growth:
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Another close-up of the cluster growth:
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And a close-up of the 2-leaved growth:
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Yep, that looks like the one that I was told is actually a Dischidia. To me, mine looks closest to D. fruticulosa on Antone's site. See the link below. If I'm right, I'm very excited to see those pretty little blooms!

Denise in Omaha

Here is a link that might be useful: D. fruticulosa

Hmmm....interesting. It does look like that dischidia. I know lots of hoyas look like certain dischidias, but there is always a chance, huh? I got mine in a trade, so I definitely can't say I'm sure it's a hoya. I guess only blooms will tell!

Gabi

Wow, Gabi, look at your plant! So healthy looking thing!
Hope it will bloom soon and we can all enjoy it.

Yes, Sue. Denise already suggested that I started a "hoya tours" business! When you're back here next time, we'll follow some friends into the jungles for orchids and hoyas! Sounds great, doesn't it?

Xuan

Thanks Xuan :)

And I'm sorry you missed out on that gorgeous hoya above...maybe you can go back and try to find it? Or is that impossible?!

Gabi

The friend, one who took that photo, said that when he goes into the forest next, he will look out for hoyas and send them to me! Hope that will come true!

Also, he sent the photo of the leaves of the above hoya. Does they look like any of your dischidias, folks?

Xuan

The large green oblong lance shaped leaves look like the Hoya's and the smaller round leaves like a Dischidia. In the first photo the pollinia are visible as black dots in the channels of the corona which I have not noticed in other Hoyas. The heavily spotted pedicels and the backs of the corollas might be unique to this species or they developed because of high light levels. What ever it is it certainly is a beautiful plant.

Mike

The leaves look like Hoya griffithii.