I love the looks of Hoya latifolia (a/k/a Hoya loyceandrewsiana); the blooms are said to be fragrant and the bloom umbels look huge! Gina, maybe you will get blooms next summer!! Doug Chamberlin's Vermont Hoyas page says it's a fast grower in summer; he has great photos and a video of his H. latifollia (loyceandrewsiana?)here:
https://vermonthoyas.com/hoya-...
I don't understand the inconsistency with plant names; is there is more than one "authority" on plant name registration/publication? Does a plant name have to be published first and then registered somewhere?
IPNI says the name loyceandrewsiana was
published in 2008:
https://www.ipni.org/n/6044784...
WCSP shows loyceandrewsiana as an accepted species name:
https://wcsp.science.kew.org/q...
The Plant LIST says it's an
unresolved name:
http://www.theplantlist.org/tp...
The Catalogue of Life shows the name as a
synonym for Hoya latifolia:
http://www.catalogueoflife.org... which is how our database lists it:
Wax Plant (Hoya latifolia)
GBIF also shows the name as a
synonym for H. latifolia:
https://www.gbif.org/species/s...
This page from Ted Green's Rare Hoya Catalog (Revised 25 Nov. 2019) describes H. loyceandrewsiana as:
"loyceandrewsiana, T Green C- 1/2", buff flowers; 30-50 in umbel; leaves 1/4" thick, 8" x 9", on a robust vine. This is the heaviest Hoya leaf that I know - should be sold by the pound - for a door stop! We ship the smaller leaved ones, of course. Some say that this is latifolia - but I believe them wrong. Indonesia?"
Whatever the name, it is one beautiful Hoya!
