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Hoya pandurata

Y. Tsiang

Published in Sunyatsenia 4(1-2) 125 (1939) by Ying Tsiang. It was collected by Augustine Henry in Sze-Mao, Yunnan, China. The name pandurata refers to the leaf shape and means "shaped like a violin".

I got a cutting of Hoya pandurata from a grower in Thailand in April 2008. This clone has been collected in the north of Thailand. In March 2009 my plant got in bloom for the first time. I had expected the flowers to be more orange, but maybe the colour

Plant
Leaves: dark green, thick and hard, 10 cm long, 2.5 cm wide
Growth habit: shrubby
Flowers
No. in a cluster: 5-10
Size: 1.2 cm (measured flat)
Colour: orange-yellow corolla and corona, red at the corona centre
Form: recurved
Scent: yes
Nectar: a little
Lastingness: 2 weeks

would be different if it got natural light. I have had my Hoya pandurata§ in flourescent light since I got it. When the buds start showing make sure the plant does not dry, because the buds drop immediately if it does. Otherwise I think this species is quite easy to grow.
 


Hoya panduratas growth is shrubby and it is considered to be closely related to Hoya lobbii even though the leaf shape and flowers differs a lot. Also, Hoya pandurata is a much smaller species than Hoya lobbii.

 


To the left a picture of the pollinia which measures 0.95 mm.
 

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