When i don't have much flower photos to post, i just post my hoyas flowering that month. It is also another way of documenting my hoyas in bloom. I actually make monthly and yearly comparisons. That is also the reason i post the monthly blooms in monthly Facebook albums, another way of collecting data. Moreover, i am trully flaunting them, LOLs.
Hoyas named after people:
Hoya valmayoriana
from Dr. Helen Valmayor, an orchidist and a pillar in Philippine ornamental industry
Hoya ilagiorum
This is named after the Ilag family, composed of academicians, professors, and scientists; both the parents (Drs. Leodegario and Lina Ilag) and their children.
Hoya buotii
from Dr. Inocencio Buot, a botanist, professor and former dean
of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños-Open University
Hoyas named after places of origin:
Hoya benguetensis
from Benguet, a province in the Cordillera Region of Northern Philippines
Hoya bicolensis
from Bicol, a region composed of a few provinces at the south of Luzon
Hoya halconensis
from Mt. Halcon, a mountain in Mindoro province in Southern Luzon
Hoyas named according to their description:
Hoya multiflora
Hoya crassicaulis
Hoya pubicorolla ssp. anthracina
Hoya alwitriana
Hoya bifunda ssp. integra
Hoya imperialis
buds of Hoya alwitriana
Wow! What vibrant colours!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, what a beautiful collection of hoyas. My favorite was the Hoya pubicorolla ssp. anthracina. Thank you for sharing photos and info, very interesting about name origins.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day ~ FlowerLady
Happy Valentine's as well Loraine. Those are just a few in my collection, flowering is low this month, besides it will be too long if I put many of them.
DeleteBeautiful flower shots.
ReplyDeleteYou are indeed fascinated with these precious little blooms.
ReplyDeleteWorth a Thousand Words
Correction please, not only fascinated, but addicted. LOLs. And this is followed by hippeastrum.
DeleteLovely blooms, thanks for sharing them with us for bloom day!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea there were so many different Hoya flowers! That Hoya pubicorolla ssp. anthracina is magical, the way it's hugging the tree trunk. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible range of Hoya you have! I had no idea there were so many wonderful variations. I have just a couple and the only one that's currently flowering is Hoya multiflora but then it flowers year-round. Happy Garden Bloggers' bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteOh i am glad to know there's someone who is also into hoya that reads my post. The Philippines has less than 100 documented hoya species, and i have 70sp at the moment. Those in picture are those only blooming last Saturday when i went home. LOL.
DeleteWow you have a lot of beautiful Hoyas in your garden!
ReplyDeleteGreetings, Sofie #26
http://sofiecreates.blogspot.be/2017/02/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-february-2017.html
Oh yes Sofie, and those are only the blooms last Saturday, as i leave home to the city again on Sunday afternoons. Some of the hoyas bloom during weekdays which i fail to see. But i have at least 70 species.
DeleteBeautiful hoyas, a plant I have never even attempted to grow. Thank you for visiting my blog; the wind was howling outside earlier and it snowed last night; hoyas are just right for a day like today. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteA lot of successful hoya growers are in the coldest countries like Sweden, Canada, USA, Australia. But of course they are indoors. Come over more often so you will see more perennially showing flowers and plants, we don't have winter.
DeleteThese are beautiful...the flowers look like tiny starfish!
ReplyDeleteThose are such beautiful blooms. It will be several months before we see flowers here, our snowiest time of the year is still to come.
ReplyDeleteOMG, don't you feel like you are becoming a cold-bloodied animal already. That's a joke, but i really cannot relate to people with such long winter and the summer is still cold. Keep warm!
DeleteThank you for stopping by my blog and for your kind words. Your collection of hoyas is absolutely beautiful, and I enjoyed reading about how each was named. I would have to grow these beautiful plants indoors, as the winters get too cold here, but I would be interested in learning more about them.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Lee, I commented in Three Dogs....that I so envu those like you coz am a hoticultirist-physiologist, but am not good with landscaping. Hoping you grow hoyas soonest.
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