Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Growing conditions for H. kenejiana, 1 by upanatemat3am

upanatemat3am wrote:
Nightowl Sandy; The picture of your plant of H. kenejiana actually looks more like the real thing than the photo in the link. I'm attaching a copy of the original type sheet of kenejiana. The flowers that were presented on that web site were sent to me about 18 years ago by Henry Raphael, but whether they should have gone with that plant is questionable. I never saw the plant that Henry grew as kenejiana, so who knows. I do know the plant on that link is NOT kenejiana. This is what Dale Kloppenburg says in "The World Of Hoyas" Pg. 132
"Notice the foliage on this species. The leaves are outspread, narrowly oblong and rather elliptic. The foliage here was copied from the herbarium type sheet of Dr. Schlechter. The leaves are glabrous. With this species we again have a yellow, flat flowered species which has a marginal fringe of pubescence. In cool weather, it will develop some pink undertones which add to the attractiveness of the flower. Flowers are in subglobose clusters of 15-25 flowers. Schlechter commented in his description that this species was similar to his Hoya ischnopus. This latter species has larger, longer elliptic foliage and the fuzzy border of the flowers is more sharply defined. Both have beautiful, buttery yellow flowers. The corona scales of Hoya kenejiana are relatively small, almost horizontal and very waxy. The scales are cupped on the upper surface.
This is a medium strong grower with a climbing habit, leaves a little far apart. Dr. Schlechter found Hoya kenejiana growing in the Galerie forest near the town of Kenejia, New Guinea, thus the name. It was discovered in October 1908, at an altitude of 450 feet. This is one of a whole series of beautiful yellow flowers that are fringed on the corolla edges. As mentioned above, the fringe on this flower diminishes gradually toward the center of the corolla so is not a distinct rim as in Hoya ischnopus.
This species is easy to take care of and requires no special treatment. Being a low altitude species, the plant might benefit from added limestone. Keep it in a relatively small container and give it a moderate amount of light. This species is relatively pest free but watch the new growth for mealybugs. A spray of 70% alcohol should keep your plant clean and free of pests. If you have a hoya labeled Hoya kenejiana compare the foliage here with yours to be relatively sure yours is correctly labeled. It is a known fact that all plants carrying this label are not correctly identified".