Last year I was given some seeds by a friend and hoya grower in Houston... pods came off a H. obovata and the only hoya blooming when the obovata bloomed was H. carnosa... The leaves show that to be the likely pollen parent... GREAT grower and VOILA...I am about to see the first flowers.... Can't wait. Will post them when they bloom
How exciting! Look forward to seeing the pictures!
Kelly
Very exciting! How neat to have hoya seeds germinate and grow. Look forward to seeing the open bloom!
First seeds and then one year later FLOWERS???? Carol you are truly amazing! I am hoya-green with envy!
Sue M
Believe me....not ALL are that easy!!!
Congratulations Carol!
Suz...ya' know...I think I eggagerated there. Mind full of holes these days! Got the seeds 2 years ago! My bad!
Carol
Still Carol,
two years later flowers, it's amazing tome.
Ooooh Carol, That is very exciting. I'd love to see a picture of the leaves.
ric
what will the name be aff. obovata syn. carnosa? or how does the naming work?
Well...the name would be H. cv. H. obovata X H. carnosa - I think. Until/if it is named. I have no intention of flooding the area with crosses unless they happen to be worth growing and I will grow each seedling out to see the flowers and choose the best one...or scrap them all. :>)
Here are leaves of another plant. I see where one leaf has gone berserk and grown twice as large as the others....They are NOT a dark green...but rather a light one but they are succulent feeling.
Carol, very nice.....I can see characteristics of both. Do you know if it has clear or milky sap?
Thanks for sharing.
ric
Very good question... I don't know. Will let you know tomorrow!!!
Flowers opened - found it at mid day...very slight fragrance. Looks like carnosa flowers to me...
Yep...and here is the whole plant...4 peduncles on it now going to open. And, it DOES have clear sap.
Oh, very pretty!
Very pretty plant
6 days later and the flowers still look fresh!!!!!
Update: Those flowers lasted for 20 days!!! Now umbel #2 is blooming and 2 other seedlings have flowers forming....anxious to see if all the flowers are going to be the same. There is a good chance they will vary..... YAY
Carol
Long lasting flowers and more to come! I will be curious to see if all the flowers will be different. Take lots of pictures for us!
All the flowers on that plant will be the same...but will post the other flowers if they are different!!!
Hmmm... to me they look different from my carnosa. Here's a close-up of one carnosa flower: http://www.myhoyas.com/Hoya%20carnosa%20one%20flower.htm and here's a close-up of some obovata flowers: http://www.myhoyas.com/Hoya%20obovata%20some%20flowers.htm . To me the corona is "chubbier" in Carols photo... Just my thought!
Christina...it is a hybrid...not H. carnosa.... LOL
I know that! Just that you wrote you thought they looked like carnosa...
AH - just that overall it has that look. What i like about it is that they bloom alot and the blooms last for weeks!!!
