Hello out there, any volunteers for the next Hoya of the Month?
Carol, aren't you fond of H. lacunosa?
Ann, Marcy, Awanda (forgive me if I'm missing anyone else with a Hoya library) How about you?
Also, perhaps just an article on cultivation of particular species, for those without resources?
Mark
I was thinking the same thing just the other day. We are three months behind! It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, just some helpful information especially for the newbies.
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Mark, I'm gonna think about what I have and what information I have about it. I'll get moving on something.
Ann
Yay Ann! But the rest of you aren't off the hook...
Hey guys, how about one of the very beautiful Philippine species, like H. benguetensis for instance.
Ann Wayman
Yes, how about benguetensis, Ann? Are you volunteering to go after Ms.Kitty? Yay! That's two months taken care of!
Oh Ann! Mine (H benguentensis) is in bloom today too. First bloom and I think it's a beauty. DH is about to break out the big camera so we can get some photos!
OOPS, just realized I am spelling her name in correctly....sorry....
H. benguetensis.....
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Sure Mark, I'll volunteer to go after Ms. Kitty. We even live close enough to each other that we could probably put our heads together and come up with something really fantastic. Ssshhh, it's a secret.
Ann
Excellent! By the way, is that a typical benguetensis flower, color and all? The ones I've seen look darker. Is it cause it's just opening up? Nice shot.
I want to do another Hoya of the Month too.. LATER!!!..... I already know the plant I want to research.
You are too right...I would love to 'do' a hoya of the month. It will have to wait for me to fold the laundry and get some stuff done that has been waiting (yea yea...same old story, everyone has the same radio station)....but...I just may surprise you!!!
Carol
Oh, Ann. You naughty little kitten you. Let me know what you might wanna get together and do. Also, fabulous blooms! I am waiting (breathlessly) on mine from La Pimpette.
Ann
Hey Mark; Actually this plant of H. benguetensis is a very old plant, probably one of the first clones to ever come into this country. Dale Kloppenburg collected it back in the early 1980's and just by luck or maybe pure chance, I happened to be the first one to see it in bloom at his home in Fresno, which is another story for another day. It has always bloomed pretty much this same color with variations sometimes if the weather has been hotter or cooler. Just to make it a little bit more interesting, it wasn't opening but was in the process of closing. It usually lasts in perfect condition for about 6 days but it had been terribly hot and after only 2 days it started to close, so I grabbed the camera and took some quick shots.
Ann W.
So now I want to do another as well- but I think I'll do the sections of the genus Hoya rather than a single species, with a brief generalization of the growth habits and floral type of each. Should be useful, no?
Ann- thanks for the info on Dale's benguetensis.
Mark - what a great picture. I'm so jealous. What kind of camera do you use?
Ginger
Mark, if you want to take your time on this I might be able to dig up some information on the hoya sections for you. I've always been intrigued and wanted a good in depth understanding but I have "focus" issues. I think it would be great. That's a big job......
I am struggling with some of the scientific terms related to the structure of the flowers. That's something else I would like to delve further into.
What the heck does it mean: margins entire, and umbel negatively geotropic convex. I need a microscope badly.
Susan
Susan, I know what you mean. I still mix up the terminology all of the time, and when I have to really understand something in botanese it usually takes about five minutes with a botanical dictionary per paragraph.
I have access to Schlechters paper on Hoya sections, and a complete set of The Hoyan, both at my local botanical garden, but could allways use more info, so bring it on!
It will take me a while.
Ginger, it's a Pentax Optio S40. There was a great camera thread not long ago, if you search the forum for "cameras" you can probably still find it.
I would do one if I had any place to get information on them. I wish we had a botanical library, and gardens.
OK...I will work on an explanation of Botanical Terms...used to describe plants (Hoya).... And I will get DH to scan some great sheets showing parts of leaves, plants etc. Can't promised it will be done in July...but it will be done.....
I'm happy to do another hoya of the month too. Maybe this time an article on some of the most scented hoyas, or one on the cultivation of the Eriostemmas.
Matt
Yeah! When any of you want some publicity, I'll be glad to add a blurb on upcoming papers to the HOM sticky thread at the top of the threads.
In starting research on the Hoya sections, I found a recent Swedish research paper that tries to clear up familiar relationships in the Hoya genus with genetic markers. Some interesting results: their research suggests that H. carnosa and H. pubicalyx MAY be the same species. Also, caudata and imbricata, though in diferent sections typically, may be very closely related. Interesting paper. Leave it to the Swedes...
