Full Name & Status: Hoya carnosa ‘Mauna Loa’ an accepted and established name for a unique cultivar.
Category A selected mutation from another cultivar within Hoya carnosa (L.f.) R.Br.
Parentage Selected from Hoya carnosa ‘Compacta’
Trademark LURA-LEI & LIVING-LEI
This was a specific Trademark by B.L.Cobia,Inc. for this cultivar. It expired in 2010.
This cultivar had not only one, but two trademarks all to itself according to Stephen H.Griffith, Director of Research at the time.
Legal Status
A legal variety, protections expired. The patent established the cultivar name.
B.L., Cobia. (1971). Milkweed Plant Family. Plant Pat. No.3,054. United States Patent Office.
Brief Description: a cobalt radiation induced sport of ‘Compacta’ which was then selected and propagated through successive vegetative cuttings. This cultivar is fully described in the patent. Deeply twisted vines displaying deep to medium green margins on the leaf blade and a range of yellows and green in the center of the leaf blade in the abaxial. the colors transfer through to the adaxial with light pubescence and darker green. See Plant Pat. No.3,054. Munsell Color Chart color references used to describe the cultivar.
Color Edition of Photos from Plant Patent 3054 B.L.Cobia, Inc.
(Description is only included in the black and white edition, and so both are included here).
Brickell, C.D. & Alexander, C. & Cubey, Janet & David, John & Hoffmann, M.H.A. & Leslie, A.C. & Malécot, Valéry & Jin, Xiaobai. (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants.
Secondary References
(1977, June). How new Hoya hybrids come to be. Plants Alive! p.71.
(1980). Vakbladvoor de Bloemisterij.5.115.
Trademark reference (for reference only; this
B.L.Cobia. (1969).LURA-LEI. Registration No.722997387.United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Notice to this entry
Per the dated publication and other printed materials, Hoya carnosa ‘Mauna Loa’ was selected from ‘Compacta’. An earlier list contained a typo (from ‘Regalis’, error registrant’s own), which is amended here 4/2025. This full checklist has not been printed, and the error does not impact the status of the name. -R.C.C.
