Some leaves are so good, flowers come as a bonus!
Hoya vitellinoides
Some favourite Hoya leaves
Hoya polystachya, this always reminds me of alligator skin
Hoya caudata
GREAT pictures, Matt....!!
Great pictures Matt.
I am like you I go for the interesting leaves since the blooms are few and far between.
Ann
Nice pictures of beautiful leaves, Matt. I, too, am a fan of interesting leaves! Karen
Great photos! Ditto what the others said!
Heather
If I may impose on you thread to show you my fav Hoya leaf. It is similar in looks to your Hoya vitellinoides, Matt, only a darker green. This is H. deykei:
Not as showy as the above leaves, but ds-70 is one of my favorites. The leaves are so delicate and perfectly shaped. Nice soft fuzz too, like velvet.
This is H. latifolia (formerly IML-88). So round and perfect...
I have a H. ds-70 too, markroy68, and I agree with you, lovely shaped fine leaves. But...so slow growing. Mine hasn't changed much since I got it this past summer. I guess I have to learn to be patient...sigh
Nice DS-70 Mark, your leaves are so nice and healthy looking, mine are much lighter than yours. What light do you keep yours in? Your leaves even look plumper than mine do.
Don nice H. deykei, has it flowered for you?
No Tami. It's just a baby. The flowers are supposedly small in a hemispherical umbrel and they are noted to have a "sweet" scent. But I must admit, I don't even know what color they will be.
Gotta put up one of my faves...H. elliptica...with the wonderful "turtleback" pattern.
And H. aldrichii -
Oh wow everybody! Great pictures. I have leaf envy now.
I've sure enjoyed looking (and drooling) over these. :)
Yep H. elliptica looks like my tortoises shell. But he's alot more colorfull, must be the sunshine!!!
Don I think your H. deykei is an offwhite or cream color flower. What other hoya's do you have? Welcome to the forum.
Tami, my ds-70 is near a south facing window, but high up. Strong indirect with an hour or two of sun.
Mark
Thought I would post a picture of my handsome son.
Now thats a tortoise back pattern. Sorry to still the post.
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Thank you for your welcome, Tami. Nice little colorful fella you've got there.
I have a modest collection of about 13 Hoya plants. H shepherdi, H compacta, H patella, H multiflora, H memoria, H inconspicua, H sp Tanna, H verticillata, H cv minibelle, H. kerrii, a couple of H noids and the two mentioned above. Hey, I guess that makes 14.
Don
Tami....I see you in the eyes...but the forehead and chin????????
Here's one from my family album! This is a picture of 'my youngest' who couldn't bear me paying more attention to the Hoyas than to him. Here he is taking no prisoners in an all-out charm offensive!!
I guess he has my fur and claws. Grrrrr!
Matt, I think he just wants hes tummy rubbed..
Ah yes Carol, he does have my eyes doesn't he. My disposition too!! And dry skin.
Don sounds like a great collection, keep hanging out here and you will have 50 befor long. I keep collecting and really just don't have the room. Just gotta have a fix though.
How long have you been collecting? Has your H.multiflora bloomed for you, if so isn't it awesome? Wow your up in cold country too. Don't worry spring is comming....LOL
Hurry Spring
Tami
LOL
No my H. Multiflora hasn't blossomed yet, but I'm hopeful. It's a nice healthy looking plant.
Your're right, I am definitely North of you and I envy you your temps this time of year, but maybe not so much in a few more months. Actually we have had a fairly mild winter thus far. Lots of precipitation though. Everything is nice and green. But another few weeks before our Spring flowers burst forth.
Don
Matt and Tami - LOL!!! Now, do your pets have your personalities?? Beautiful leaves, you guys! More hoyas to add to my "must have" list!! Karen
Give that gorgeous little kitty a kiss for me. Adoreable!! Okay, give the cutey tortise a little peck too, lol!
Heather
Cute Kitty....Russian Blue?
OH Matt, you SUCH a terror!
:>)
Matt, looks like you have a ham too, maybe it is part of cat's genetic makeup. Very cute!
Carol, he's a British Blue Shorthair. They have orange eyes and short muzzles that looks like they've collided with something hard at very high speed LOL!!. I think the Russians' eyes are green.
Yes, a complete ham Mark!! He's probably going to be unbearable now that his fame has attained 'International Status'!!
Matt
Sure is cute...like a wiggly plush toy!!!
I love cats, except when they chew on my hoyas.
The whiskers look like a star burst...name?
What a cute kitty!!! And great picture, Ann!
Great hoyas and great pets - what could be better in life?!
Couldn't have said it better. Pets and hoyas - do you need anything more?!! Here's my little hoya helper.
Christina
Hoya pups - Jackson (St. Bernard) and Cherokee (Choc. Lab). They're sooooo helpful!!!!
Great names for b i g dogs!
brrr - looks cold but J&C look like they're loving every minute!!
And yet another use for those little portable greenhouses. This is my youngest kitty, Little Buddha, having a serene afternoon.
LOL... How cute is that? Well thats where I would hang out if I was a kitty. To cute.