Hmmmmmm....I have been doing a lot of thinking about this species.... For years I had IML 0016 and then about 3 years ago I bought every single cultivar he had: Pandanus Creek, a mountain range etc.... and after all of my tags faded they became a muddle!!! I never carried my observations re: hoya flowers out to the fact that ALL of the magillivrayii are simply the same species found in different places. Now, Michael Miyashiro gave the nickname "Big Red" to one he had... Does this mean it will bloom the same for me? or someone in Ohio or Texas? NO.
We all have seen in the past years or so that the same blipping clone of the same species of the same genera will bloom differently - some of the differences quite profound - from one place/environment/conditions to another.... So, actually, the descriptions given by a vendor really describe how it grows for THEM!
None of my collection of H. macgillivrayi has bloomed yet, even tho' one of them sports lots of peduncles. I have bloomed the cross of H. mac X H. onychoides and I did bloom one H. mac about 2 years ago. My guess is that the blooms will not necessarily follow DLs descriptions, (bigger, redder, etc.) but will be individualistic midst the same general traits. This has been my experience with H. imperialis as well as H. archboldiana...
Putting this out there for general consideration. Has anyone flowered the different clones and found a real difference?
Carol
H. macgillivrayi
Your mountain range will be "Macilwraith Range", up on Cape York Peninsula. That's the one I have, and still waiting.
My juvenile bloomer was 'Mt Tozer' and its setting buds again
Dominic
Good...let's post the blooms and see if they are consistent with what DL says in the catalogue AND if we can really notice a difference. I think we will see more difference between the same 'clone' grown in different conditions than the different clones....
Fun project...
okey doke...
'Mt. Tozer'
On my computer, the color looks about right for this one, but its gonna vary on which screen people use. Its a red, but I wouldnt say its that dark, say like 'Coen River' IML 1006, which on the photos Ive seen looks the darkest red...bit like dried blood. Ive found 'Coen River' a pain to keep going tho.....always rotting roots.....always the same when you really want to see a certain IML no. flower, innit......:))
Nice, Dom. Have you found the color holding true with each blooming?
They were the first blooms on a very young plant......more buds on the way on another spur, will let you know when they open