ID help please!

Austin, TX(Zone 8b)

Hello everyone,
I need your help. I bought this hoya as H.longifolia, and based on the flowers it’s evident that it’s not. My guess is that it’s a H.wayetti. However, I’ve read on several pages that H. wayetti and H. kentiana are the same plant.
To me the flowers of both plants look almost identical, but I think there is still a difference.
So my question is whether or not this plant is a H. wayetti, and if not what is it? The scent is sweet and strong, similar to the H. fungii, but not as bad smelling.

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Austin, TX(Zone 8b)

Second pic.

Thank you very much for any help.
Lourdes

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Cape Coral, FL(Zone 10a)

Looks like minibelle. Definitely not wayetti.
Jan

North Augusta, ON

The leaves look like my Kentiana.

Austin, TX(Zone 8b)

Thank you very much Jan and threegardeners for your reply.
Lourdes =)

North Augusta, ON

This is a pic. of my Kentiana "wayetti"

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Saint Petersburg, FL(Zone 9b)

I'd go with minibelle........the flowers on wyetti look totally different.

Whitestone, NY(Zone 7a)

ThreeGardeners,
The foliage does look like kentiana/wayetii, but the flowers are nothing like it.

I agree with minibelle.

Gabi

Whitestone, NY(Zone 7a)

Ok, here are my kentiana/wayetii blooms..

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Whitestone, NY(Zone 7a)

And the full plant in bloom..

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North Augusta, ON

Wow, what a bloom!!

I can't wait for mine to bloom now...I think I'll go search it closer to see if there are peduncles forming...

Austin, TX(Zone 8b)

Thank you Ric for your help.

I’ll change the label to minibelle.

threegardeners, my H. kentiana looks very similar to yours, but without the red edges =)

Thank you all very much!
Lourdes

North Augusta, ON

I have a "plain" kentiana too, this is it:

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Austin, TX(Zone 8b)

Thank you Gabi, your plant and blooms are gorgeous!!!!

Austin, TX(Zone 8b)

Threegardeners,
Mine looks just like your "plain" kentiana.
Thank you for the pics. :)

Saint Petersburg, FL(Zone 9b)

Gabro.......gorgeous plant!!
ric

Knoxville, TN

Nice plant, Lourdes! It screamed cv. minibelle to me as well!
My H. longifolia just quit blooming a week ago. Here is the plant, which illustrates how confusing the leaves can be.
Mel

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Whitestone, NY(Zone 7a)

Thanks for the compliments :)

Gabi

Austin, TX(Zone 8b)

Thank you Mel!

Yes,the leaves look very similar to mine, I like the cv. minibelle, but I wanted the longifolia. Oh well. I'll start looking for it again. (lol)

Thank you!

Keaau, HI(Zone 11)

Mel...how are you growing that great looking H. longifolia? low light? bright indirect light? wet? dry? i have some small plants that seem to just pout....?????

carol

Knoxville, TN

Thanks Carol. The plant hangs close to the ceiling fan with a bit of afternoon winter sun. It does dry out, although, that is mostly because it hangs behind other plants and is easy to miss when I water. It has been in bloom for several months. It came from David Liddle and I'll be glad to check the IML # if you like. I beleive it is from Nepal.
Mel

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