I found these flowers today when I got home. No smell, but they look kind of cool. Can anyone guess what hoya it is?
Christina
Guess the hoya
No I really donīt know! Looks like a yellow vitiensis almost (witch a know donīt exists) . Very beautiful :)
This message was edited Sep 24, 2005 4:13 PM
Something I'd like to see in my collection! ;)
No idea what it is (hoya newbie here) but they sure have a lovely delicate porcelain look to them). I'll be keeping this thread on *watch.*
I have no clue what it is, but those blooms look like those divine gum paste sugar flowers you see on wedding cakes.
Yes....THAT is what they reminded me of too. I couldn't think until you said it. Flowers on a wedding cakes. In fact, if I ever get married again, I am having my cake designed with sugar hoya type flowers of various kinds all over it. Wouldn't that be beautiful?
Marcy
Marcy, that would be STUNNING!
But, you know, you don't have to get married just to get such a lovely wedding cake - have yourself a "I'm married to my Hoyas party" and invite your "understanding" friends (you know the ones that won't think you've gone completely mad). Besides, most of them will declare you to be even more "charming" than they thought.
This way you can order that fabulous wedding cake, and share it with your friends, while celebrating your fabulous hoya obsession - perhaps in the time of year when the most of your hoyas are in bloom.
Who needs a hitchin' to have a fab cake?
Signed,
Marie Antionette (lol)
They kinda look eriostemma-ish. How big are they? So far...no clue...:(
Can you give us a clue. Like a rhyme, ex. we really should tell her,
it's a hoya....bella.
Heather
Nae, no rhyme, but I'll give you a clue... it is NOT an eriostemma. If I had an eriostemma in bloom I wouldn't be secrative about it!!
Keep those guesses coming! I'll tell you in a few days...
Christina
limoniaca?
This message was edited Sep 25, 2005 11:25 AM
MY guess is vague....but it is probably a very diffrent color than what it normally is...and at a stage of just opening so that the flowers, now, look more rotate. ???????????????
I would have to say yes to that the flowers are just opening up in the photo, but the way they look there is not much different from when they are fully opened. I'll see if I can take a new photo tomorrow.
A new clue... The flowers have absolutely no fragrance.
Christina
Hi Christina,
after studying your site with a fine tooth comb, i am going to guess Hoya hypolasia.....i am sure i am wrong ...beautiful bloom though.....i love the yellow and its fun guessing the bloom!
Sandy
Just a guess, could it be H.diptera ?
Sandyc
H. coriacea
I have read that many hybridized plants have blooms with no scent. Are we talking about a hybrid here?
Not sure if I can make a second guess but......
Hoya sp. New Guinea Ant Funnel
Now...I see the flower as a creamy white....do others see it as yelllow?
In the photo the flowers have a yellow tint to them, but it could just be the lighting. It is possible they are a creamy white...
I haven't a clue what hoya it is but it's beautiful. The flowers look like they're made of velvet with wax centers.
Sandy
No more guesses?! Anyone want to know which hoya it is?!
Christina
I would!!!!!!!! Esp. after spending hours combing every site I could find (esp. Swedish ones ;)
Come on Christina ---- What Hoya is it ?????
Okay, here is the whole photo. One normal umbel at the bottom and one not so normal. No idea what happened here. Totally three umbels open at the same time. Two normal and then this one...
It IS vitiensis.
Christina
PS. This was NOT done in PhotoShop. I didn't know how to change colour the other day.
This message was edited Sep 26, 2005 2:08 PM
GOSH that is lovely and a PERFECT (could not be better) example of how/why color of flowers mean nothing...or at least are not a depndable identifier. I now see a blush of pink in the white corollas....
Thanks so much Christina....
Carol
MyHoya, That was fun I have 8 plants but 7 are to small and I think the eight may bloom soon. Oh, I also learned a lot about color. Joan
Oh, Christina. Those blooms are beautiful! I don't know what happened, but the two different color blooms is really spectacular! Well Done!
Ya, that was pretty sneaky. Point made with identifying by color! Beautiful blooms!
Heather
I cut one flower of each colour off today and took some photos. Here's the close-up for comparison. They actually DO look different also in shape. The corona lobes are shorter on yellow and the whole flower is smaller. Didn't see that before.
Christina
Are you SURE those are from the SAME plant? If so, maybe you have a new sport on that branch or something. Strange!
Marcy
Yes, the two umbels are hanging right above each other. Both peduncles have bloomed several times before and ALL normal flowers.
Christina
This message was edited Sep 27, 2005 4:54 PM
Yes I did think that the only thing it could be, were a yellow vitiensis! Beautiful and as Carol said thatīs why you canīt just look at the color of flowers to get a correct identity of a plant.