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Hoya sp. Chicken Farm (EKW97-005)

 

Hoya sp. Chicken Farm (EKW 97-005) reminds a lot of Hoya finlaysonii. It was collected by Eva-Karin Wiberg in 1997 near Tenom in Sabah, Borneo. It was found near a place where chicken where seen, thereby the name of this hoya. 

I got my cutting from her in 2006 and a year later it flowered for the first time. The flowers are really beautiful even though I had expected them to be a bit bigger. Compared to the large leaves they look really 

Plant
Leaves: dark green, hard, silver flecked, 19 cm long, 9 cm wide
Growth habit: climbing
Flowers
No. in a cluster: ~20
Size: 6 mm, 10 mm measured flat
Colour: yellow corolla, red/brown outer lobes, white corona
Form: reflexed
Scent: no
Nectar: not visible
Lastingness: 5 days

small. The flowers are most beatiful when looking at them from the side. Then you can see the nice shift from yellow to red on the corolla. I have not felt any scent of the flowers, but it might just be me putting my nose there at the wrong time of the day.

I think the large silver flecked leaves make this hoya very decorative. It tolerates drought and it is easy to grow, so it is a good choice for the beginner. I guess in time this will be a big plant even if it does not seem to be the fastest growing hoya. So it might be an good idea to use a steady support from the beginning.

 


To the left; the pollinarium which measures 0.6 mm.

 

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