H. Nummularioides is also one of my favorites. I considered getting H. macrophylla 'Variegata', but then I took a closer look at my Hoya Carnosa Krimson Princess plant- it is also variegated, and looks way better than macrophylla, in my opinion.

It is more compact, there are no "open spaces", and it is an easy maintenance plant. I have to be selective as I have a good collection of plants and an even bigger Wish List. :)

Hoya cv. Iris Marie is becoming one of my favorites. My plant is still small, but it is such a fast grower! I think I have never seen a plant to grow as fast as this one! The foliage is pretty nice.

Yeah my mac is totally out of control, but I don't know, I think that's what I like about it. I'm pretty sure it attacks people that get too close. Slooow starter too; I took some cuttings from it months ago that haven't done a thing yet.

Whoa, cv. Iris Marie is so pretty, I've never looked at that one before. Will you grow yours on support?

Yes, I grow my Iris Marie on support. It just keeps growing up and up and up!

Exciting stuff! I'll have to check them out.

How 'bout Hoyas we don't care for? I have a ginormous Rubra I'm ready to put out on the corner in the "free" pile. And a treubiana that is seriously the most unfortunate looking creature I've ever seen. Currently battling pubicalyx hatred as well, even tho they are so pretty and easy to keep.

P.S. I think Krimson Queen is my all-time favorite Hoya even in the whole world. So simple, yet so rewarding. I have way too many and I'm never going to stop collecting them.

TG, you're naming some of the ones I think are real charmers in your "don't care for" list! I got my treubiana last year and I think it is an outstanding Hoya. I love the very succulent, long leaves and heavy vines. And rubra - now is that the variegated carnosa rubra, or the true rubra that looks like this...

But I do agree with you about macrophylla variegata. It's truly outstanding, but tops in my book is my extra wide-leaved green macrophylla. The leaves knock my socks off! Here is my mama in my sunroom...

I'm really kind of surprised to hear anyone call nummularioides a favorite. I've grown it a couple times due to the hype and ended up giving it away both times as I just didn't get the attraction. I guess that's why they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", right?!

Denise in Omaha

I've almost thrown out my treubiana because I'm a horrible person. Lol. It's young still though, and I always do an image search when I get frustrated with it to remind myself that someday it will reward me. The Rubra is a carnosa, but the one you posted a pic of is gorgeous! I love those leaves. Must procure immediately. I know, I know, pubicalyx are awesome in every way. I can't explain why I don't like them right now (I'm very mercurial). I have 'Pink Silver' and 'Royal Hawaiian Purple', the latter I transplanted a few times and so it's struggling. Your plants are so pretty! That mac is awesome.

I have a baby H. motoskei that I lovvve. It's growing so fast for me, so I keep topping it and filling up the pot with it's own cuttings. I think I favor the really fleshy, thick-leaved Hoyas overall.

ETA: @Denise, where did you get your true rubra, if you don't mind me asking? I looked online and am only getting hits for the type that I have.

I love your Macrophylla Variegata. Depending on your personality or "style" that look is dynamite. Its a raw, untamed beauty with complexity..compact uniform plants for me are like paint by numbers.

My favorite is the Estrella waterfalls. I like that one you have a lot too though; great plant thanks for sharing :)

I have a lot of favorites, but I enjoy fungii, lacunosa, the pubicalyx varieties (especially "Red Buttons"), and Mathilde. Mathilde has my favorite setup right now growing in the bird cage :).

Brad AKA Moonwolf

I got my rubra as a "freebie" from Bob Smoley years ago. I wasn't confident of the ID (because that name is used for the variegated carnosa) and sent a piece to Carol in Hawaii who showed it to David Liddle. He confirmed that the H. carnosa rubra ID is correct, so I have no doubt of the name being correct. I still use the old trade names on the variegated carnosas to distinguish them since there have so many new names that have popped up for them...

Denise in Omaha

my macrophylla 'Variegata' is also one of my top favorites;( mine is not nearly as large as yours) but I do love my good ole fashion Carnosa and Krimson Queen Carnosa mix that I have. Thats my #1 hoya baby.

Brad, you reminded me that fungii is right up there in my top 10. (I'm up over 200 species now, so that's a compliment!) Here's some of my favorite pics of my fungii...

Denise in Omaha

I love the macrophylla, going to order one come spring. Probably the solid green, going to get the biggest one I can find and build a 6 foot tall bamboo trellis for it.... Right now, my favorite Hoya is my newest, a big H. multiflora I found locally that is full of buds. We will see how much like it when those buds open and start to drip, but even if I have to whack flowers off I still love the leaves and growth pattern. I wonder if H. lockii is a big dripper too, may be a better choice of not.

I like multiflora, too. I've been looking for cuttings of it. Congrats on finding your large plant, Kim!

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Moonwolf, I want to let it bloom and get through a winter for me before I really start hacking off cuttings, though if you are still looking for this come spring we should do a trade!

I agree! :) There's been more trading going on this fall than ever for me. Pretty soon, it'll be seeds for my garden instead of Hoya and house plant cuttings.

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Tawny, did you recently order that variegated macrophylla or have you had it awhile? I heard Gardinos sold big plants, and curious how long you have had that beauty.

Kim, I bought that mac this past June and have seen quite a bit of growth. They had a huuuuge one on eBay a couple weeks ago that was outstanding, much bigger than mine. And yes, they do ship pretty big plants when they are available!

Did you recieve your pachyclada?

@tlbean, I did! It's tiny tho, which I was informed of before it was shipped, but it's healthy and I like the leaves.

I also got a nice looking latifolia, which I managed to murder in about 3 days time. That's got to be a new PR for me. ;(

Even though it is tiny i would love to see the pachy!

I cant wait until mine starts putting on new growth.

It is about the same size as the one that i purchased. Except mine doesnt have those spots on the leaves. what are those from?

I brought mine from Gardino's. I also have a cutting that i got from Jan that is rooting like crazy!

Here is a pic of mine. Some of the leaves came with cuts in them.

Mine is kinda awkward looking and needs to stakes to hold the stems up.

That's how it came shipped.

More macrophylla pictures! I can't stop drooling over these. Tawny, if you ever want to give away a cutting of that, you just let me know, hahaha. ;-)

I totally would but I just took a bunch of cuttings off it and I think I better give it a rest. Once it bounces back, I'd be happy to send you some.

In the meantime, check out this bad boy. I so wish I had bid on it!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hoya-macrophylla-Variegated-Leaves-MASSIVE-MATURE-tropical-patio-plant-collector-/321876904588?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=YIaF%252FgElIv%252F6fNBddqOoewGp6WQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

love the leaf pattern,very pretty

That is GORGEOUS Tawny!!! Thanks for the link!

Now I want to send you a piece so you can see for yourself. My poor mac is going to be a skeleton soon. ;)

Hahaha, we live in the same state and are both plant fiends. I am sure we will have plenty of opportunities to trade later on. ;)

i love the leaves on that macrophylla varigata,very pretty,also the krimson queen/krimson princess,i love those pretty odd colored leaves too,i see lots of odd looking leaves ans shapes these days,i have been in a cave some where i guess,they are all pretty

@jeci1974 when my macrophylla recovers from the beating it just took, I will send you some cuttings. :) I was in a cave for a long time too, didn't have Hoyas for about 5 years so it's good to be back and see all the changes. :)

You two found the right place. Prepare to be enabled. ;-)

I am,i am prepared to start growing alot of babies,thanks to a few generous people here,i have a good start to getting my collection going again.thank you very much,i see more beautiful plants that i must add to my wish list,wow stunning ones too.i just saw a beautiful one i added to my list,its foliage is beyond pretty,extra splashy clone of pink silver,love the foliage.

Oooo where did you see that jeci.? I'm looking for the extra splashy pink silver too.

mel, looking for that extra splashy pink silver clone ? re-read this thread and look at the pictures. Hope this helps : )

Marco thats the one that started my craving! Its leaves are so nice but I wonder if that's more of a light color, instead of silvery ? Hmmm maybe Denise knows ;)

Denise has an extra spashy clone of Pink Silver, and I know she offers cuttings and plants for sale at times. I would ask her first, I wasn't going to get another pubicalyx but hers is so nice I know I won't be able to resist for long.

I hear you, it is looking pretty hard to resist up there :) why were used done with pubicalyx?

Space issues really, only so much room! I really appreciate the diversity in the genus too, and like having a crazy collection of plants that don't look too much like each other. Someday when I have more space I want RHP, and the pink silver just for the foliage. I have Bright One, wouldn't have been my first choice but it was one of those 5 packs of random plants.

My favorites for now:

sp. Sarawak Pink (there is a cutting of sp. Sarawak Yellow in the pot too...making a community pot):

sp. Welsh Mountain Zoo, it threw out one ginormous leaf:

sp. UT-073:

And, let's not forget sp. Borneo Gunung Gaiding!:

As for multiflora...I am working on rooting up some cuttings of my multiflora (big orange flowers- SV-406) EPC 527 right now. I will share if I have been successful in rooting them.

BTW that voluminous Var Macro from Ebay ( the "Bad Boy" Tawny referenced ) rotted en route (sniff sniff whimper noise) :( .Unfortunately he was a Tragic Victim of Potting Soil that was Beyond Betty Crocker Moist , Compounded by some Cooler. Crueler Temps that occured while in Transit ...Sigh Definitely needed to go to a Special Support Group after that lingering loss ( i.e. It'll haunt me interminably & will join the ranks of " The Hoyas that Got Away",. <<< A County Western tribute to Stephen Sondheim ) :) especially since acquiring a Var. Macro of that Magnitude & Magnificence was tantamount to the Hoya Holy Grail for moi :(

Anyway ( Back to our regularly scheduled program already in digress/ regress ) regarding one's Favourite Hoya , for now my Densifolia will have to lay claim ( she's # 1 on my Hoya Hit Chart) , and it doesn't hurt that she's usually packin' a plethora of peduncles & umbels galore) :) P.S I Can generally only photograph her from one side due to lighting challenges ( She's not the Mariah Carey of plants, I promise :) .... ..

Lol the Mariah Carey of plants, nice one. Beautiful plant/s you have there! And so sorry to hear of the loss (RIP) of your mac. I'll have you know that was actually in my cart and when I pressed "Buy Now" suddenly the item was unavailable. :D That is a real shame tho, that was such a beauty.

Gwyddion, gorgeous plant and you comments cracked me up. So sorry for your loss. All the same, I must add densifolia to my wish list. Though, my macrophylla cuttings are not looking so hot, dropped a baby leaf and I had to cut back a bit of vine this morning that was dying back. Fingers crossed it makes it!