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Welcome to the home of the International Cultivar Registration Authority for the genus Hoya, and an online learning resource dedicated to the genus in cultivation. A cultivar is a specific status under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It represents a plant which has been selected for one or more features which then […]
‘New Guinea Ghost’
Full Name: Hoya nicholsoniae ‘New Guinea Ghost’ Status: The Accepted name of a unique cultivar Category: Selected from nature (Brickell et al. Article 20.2. Ex.3) Originator and Introducer: Nadhanielle Simonsson (Nathalie Evelinadotter Simonsson) Accession Code: NS16-006 Synonym: Hoya nicholsoniae ‘New Guinean Ghost’ Publication History: First published by Simonsson as ‘New Guinean Ghost’.Simonsson,N.(2019).Mina Favoritter.Hoyatelegrafen.4 6(21). However, […]
‘Red Buttons’
Full Name: Hoya ‘Red Buttons’ Status: the Accepted name of a unique cultivar. Category: Open pollinated Originator: Genieve McDonald of Merritt Island Florida Valuable Publications From oldest: C.M.Burton.(1981). Red Buttons. The Hoyan.3(1)3-4. “None of the other species in commerce appear to have such dark (nearly black) corona scales…whatever this plant is, even though the name does not […]
‘Bright One’
Full Name: Hoya pubicalyx ‘Bright One’, ‘Bright One’ Status: an Accepted and Established name for a unique Hoya. Originator: Genieve McDonald Introducer: Loyce Andrews Category: Open pollinated (on Merritt Island, Florida)aaaaa Availability: This cultivar is still widely available today in many parts of the world. First found established in: Andrews, L. (1977). 50 Interesting Hoya’s. […]
‘Regalis’
Full Name: Hoya carnosa ‘Regalis’ Status: The Accepted & Established name for a unique cultivar Legal Status: Name established and patented as a legal variety by B.L.Cobia,INC.(1973). Milkweed Plant (Plant Pat. 3,306). United States Patent Office. google.com/patent/USPP3306P/en Categories: sport mutation, radiation induced, Cobia, ‘Exotica’ lineage, variegated carnosa, legal variety, mass-produced, ‘Compacta’ lineage Established Synonyms: Hoya […]
‘Lisa’
Hoya australis ‘Lisa’, Hoya australis subsp.tenuipes ‘Lisa’ Status: Established & Accepted Originator: Unknown Nominant: Unknown This is a cultivar of Hoya australis subsp.tenuipes. The full latin species binomial combined with the subspecies as published and accepted under the ICN can be a bit of a mouthful, but it does add further information about this cultivar. […]
‘Holliana’
Full Name: Hoya carnosa ‘Holliana’ is the Accepted and Established name for a unique cultivar. Synonyms: Undetermined Originator: Chuck Ebersole Registrant: Jodie Shumaker Introducer: Jodie Shumaker, longtime famous Florida nurseryman of Secret Garden Rare Plants, introduced Hoya carnosa ‘Holliana’ into the trade. Name Background: Named for Chuck’s daughter. New Information which was not a part […]
‘Carol’
Full name: Hoya ‘Carol’ Category: Hybrid A hand cross between Hoya wallichii (female pod parent), and Hoya phyllura (male pollen donor). Breeder & Grower, & Nominant: Surisa Somadee, Thailand Named For: in honor of Carol Noel of the United States Description: (See publication).. 5-12 reflexed flowers. Red-purple coronas. Corollas “glabrous, pale orange.”. “Bushy non-twining habit”. […]
‘Silver Pink’
Full Name & Status: Hoya pubicalyx ‘Silver Pink’ Accepted & Established Category: Open pollinated Synonyms: ‘Silver Pink Vine’ Assession #’s, Grower’s Codes: USDA #-353450, HSI-#USDA-353450 Trade Designations: None. The name ‘Pink Silver’ has been incorrectly applied to this cultivar, however PINK SILVER is a trade designation which was used by Cobia. It is not a […]
‘Maliksi’
Full Name: Hoya erythrina ‘Maliksi’ Status: The Accepted name for a unique cultivar Category: Open-pollination Breeder & Grower: April Mall, Unsolicited Plant Talks Nursery, Yucaipa, California (U.S.A.). Nominate: April & Daryk Mall of Unsolicited Plant Talks. This is the Tagalog word for ‘fast’, and the name of the first of their seven dogs. They felt […]