Large leaf Hoya ID

Hello everyone. I have this georgeous Hoya that I need a ID on. Could it be Merrillii? I just can't seem to match it up to any photos I've seen.It has a robust vine, dark green leaves and prominent veinage.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Regina

Can you post a photo?

if I can fiqure out why it didnt post the last one....lol

Lets try this .......Here is a link to my photobucket album. I really wanted to post a picture here so that everyone could just see it here......for some reason that did'nt work. I apologize for the extra effort folks.



http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu302/bl_topaz/HPIM9970.jpg

Regina

What a pretty plant! It looks to me like it could be in the rigida/acuta complex...we'll see what others with more experience have to say...

Shelley

Could it be Hoya Latiflolia?

There's a lot of different hoyas that share this lovely plant's leaves in size and growing pattern. I think Shelly may be right as to the type of hoya, but which one ... a flower is always the best identifier.

Christine

My first reaction was H. rigida/acuta and company...but, who knows. Gotta wait for the flower. Hint: grow it very dry from about Oct-Mar...then normal water. if it is Rigida it will bloom.

Ok forgive my ignorance for not understanding ....Is that to say it is a mix of the two? Both rigida/acuta or could be in that family?
And Thanks so much for the tip too Aloha.....appreciate that.

Yes, it IS confusing... what we mean is that the plant LookS like Hoya rigida which happens to be in a 'complex' of hoyas caracterized by H. acuta. H. acuta 'heads' the complex of other species because H. acuta has the majority of 'clones' and aberrations.... So it is like saying it looks like....."....Alice from the Smith Family". One of the traits of H. rigida is the boat shaped leaves. The umbels are fragrant flowers are huge....

BTW...the reason for the watering caution: Hs. in that complex and the H. archboldiana/macgillivrayii come from a part of the world where there is a definite wet/summer season and dry/winter season. Genetically the plants have adapted to that kind of weather and it really helps to encourage blooms. You don't want to choke them to death (that's my trick) but just dry.

Carol

Ok I think I follow now. I know there are alot of new cultivars from crosses out there. I have seen many of them listed on various sites.

I really appreciate the advice about watering.....I have the H. archiboldiana and H. macgillivrayii as well, don't want to overwater them or choke them. Want them to be as happy as possible for those big peduncles to form and open.

H. archiboldiana blasted all but one of the flowers off the peduncle this past month:0( But I think it was because I just got the plant in June and I moved it again just before they opened.

Actually...it doesn't mean that there are any crosses or cultivars. A 'complex' of hoyas (like saying the H. acuta Complex is like saying that it looks like one of the cars that Ford makes... They are all species hoyas, but they share traits that lump them into a group .... for the purpose of identification.

please realize that all of these are 'man made'...the hoyas haven't a clue. It is like agonizing over a hoya and whether it is a H. pubicalyx cv. Bright One or a H. publicalyx cv. XYZ. First and formost, all those names are 'created' by man....the hoya has been scientifically placed in the species H. pubicalyx...and basically, that is what it is.