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Hoya sp. cf. lacunosa (from Malaysia)

 

This Hoya sp. aff. lacunosa was collected in Malaysia. I got a cutting of it from a friend in 2006 and I have managed to trace it back to Botanova.

It is obviously not a Hoya lacunosa, but I don't know what it might be. It's probably yet another unpublished species. Anyway; it is lovely. The leaves remind of the ones of Hoya lacunosa except they are much smaller. The flowers

Plant
Leaves: medium green, 3.5 cm long, 1.8 cm wide, indents between veins
Growth habit: hanging
Flowers
No. in a cluster: 20-30
Size: 7 mm (14 mm measured flat)
Colour: light green corolla and corona (pale outer lobes)
Form: revolute
Scent: yes, pleasant
Nectar: 
Lastingness: a week

differs from Hoya lacunosa as they are light green and bigger. The scent differs from Hoya lacunosa but it is also very pleasant.

Below, in the middle; a picture of the buds. The calyx is dark unlike the calyx of Hoya lacunosa (which is light green). The peduncle is also thicker than the ones of Hoya lacunosa. It is 2 mm on this one. Below, to the right; a fully developed flower from the back side.

 

 

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