Bought this plant today as it was reasonably large, flowering well, and fairly cheap. The tag said "Hoya Los Banos" but I'm wondering if it might be something under a wrong name.
Hoya Los Banos
Got the flash working for this photo.
More of the leaves showing. The leaves and sprawling habit are a lot like the cumingiana I got from David Liddle, except the leaves are a lot larger.
It looks to me like Hoya cumingiana. The leaves look a bit bigger than the cumingiana I have.
Ric
Tropicbreeze,
There are 3 types of these hoyas, got the info from Ted Green's site.
Large leaf..H golamcoiana..I think this one is yours, I have this one & cumingiana.
mid leaf..H cumingiana
smaller leaf..H densifolia.
Los Banos (The Baths) is an area outside of Manilla with tons and tons of small nurseries. Probably not collected there (fairly urban) but could have been found in a little growers collection. It was probably called H. golamcoina "Los Banos"...
Dont you just love the fragrance?
Carol
I suspected there might have been a Phillipine connection. If it had been bred in Australia it wouldn't have had a Spanish name. The Phillipines is the closest for that.
The scent seems like honey with a touch of spice.
Now the big question is: is there anything in particular they want/don't want or like/don't like when you're growing them? This plant seems to be in sand which was pretty wet. But they might have only just watered it.
I am told it was first found growning on a rock in full sun. I grow mine in bright indirect light, but not full sun. I tried growing one in the full sun in the ground but it croaked Ted Green has his growing (like a bush) behind a rock that is exposed to the sun until the late afternoon.... the plant isn't growing IN the sun (roots are in shade) but 1/2 the plant is growing over the rock. Amazing. I am planting one out in the garden again and I think I will grow it so it can bush out in semi-sun. I want to grow it near the house because it smells SO good. I think the important thing is that the roots be shaded or they will dry out...
HTH
"Philippines" I always do that. Write it like the personal name and only notice it after looking back at the post.
Positioning is always a problem. The idea spots have something else there and can't be moved. Although, I do have a very sunny spot .near the house that has some stressed/near dead plants. It doesn't get watered but I could put in a pile of large stones, put a trickler in with the pot under that. The plant could sprawl out over the rocks and send it's roots where ever it liked underneath them.
I noticed in a couple of spots along the stems there's some roots sprouting. Probably was in contact with a wet surface previously.
Now I've just remembered, that's how I was going to do the Hoya australis rupicola. Maybe I can put them both in there together.
Well...if you keep the 'rupicola' dry it will be happier. I keep killing mine with water...they are real succulents!!!!
You should see where they grow, you'd be surprised that they survive at all in their natural environment. They do have a very thick leaf.