And if so - can someone tell me which one?
thanks :)
Is this a Hoya?
Squeaky, It looks like it 'could' be a type of Hoya australis, there are several different varieties.
It is normally impossible to get a true ID without flowers, since there are many look alikes in the Hoya world!
Hi Lesli_gro
do all hoyas flower?
Not only Hoya, but other vining plants that will mimic them. What until it flowers, then the whole group will amaze you as to what they know. Sharp group. Norma
I find that one very puzzling. It doesn't look like a hoya to me (I once grew a peperomia that looked a lot like that) but I could be wrong. The thing that looks wrong to me is the attachment of the petiole to the leaf on that leaf on the far right. The attachment on the other leaves are in shadows so I can't tell about them. On the one on the right, the petiole appears to be an extension of the costa. On Hoya australis the petiole appears as a separate organ than the costa. There should be two or three very small, dark coloured very stiff extra nectary glands at the point where the leaf is attached to the petiole. I see none in that picture.
Another thing I thought I was seeing is alternating leaves, however I could be wrong about that as on second look it appears that other leaves hide half of each node. Perhaps the owner of this picture could take a look behind those leaves and tell us if there is another leaf opposite each exposed one. If the leaves alternate, as they appear to me, then the plant definitely is not a hoya.
I have observed that hoya seedlings frequently start out with alternating leaves, by the time the third of fourth node is formed the leaves come in paired. Off hand I know of only two exceptions. Hoya imbricata does not have paired paired leaves except in the embryonic stages; they are single on mature plants. There is a form of Hoya bella with three leaves per node. All others are paired.
Theoretically all hoyas are flowering plants. In practice, for some none are flowering plants! In other words, the genes for flowering are present but some of us haven't learned how to sweet talk ours into doing what nature intended.
Chris