Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hoya lanceolata ssp. bella 'Paxtonii'???, 1 by markroy68

markroy68 wrote:
There's three different plants here. Hoya lanceolata has smaller, more closely set-leaves than bella. Bella is officially a subspecies of lanceolata, but most taxonomists seem to agree that it should be its own species. They do look a lot alike to the naked eye, except the leaf size difference. The one called 'Paxtonii' seems to be a lot like ssp. bella, but with larger, wavier leaves.
Paxtonii IS easier to grow- bella is notoriously fussy. I have a 4" of 'Paxtonii' that grows very well, and has made a few peduncles, but not boomed yet. The flowers look a lot like those of lanceolata and ssp. bella.
In the picture are H. lanceolata ssp. bella 'Paxtonii' (left) and lanceolata (right). The plain old H. lanceolata ssp. bella, which is the one most people have, looks sort of in the middle of these two.