General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Cactus/Succulent
Vine
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
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| Leaves: |
Evergreen
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
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| Containers: |
Needs excellent drainage in pots
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- Accepted: Hoya verticillata
- Synonym: Hoya parasitica
- Synonym: Hoya acuta
Posted by
mjsponies (Central Florida) on Mar 19, 2015 8:31 AM concerning plant:
This Hoya really should read Hoya aff parasitica Lao 2, not verticillata.
This Hoya is not a cultivar.
There's still a lot of confusion and debate about the naming and whether parasitica, acuta, and verticillata are/should be grouped together.
the "aff" means " similar to" and the Lao 2 means the region where it was collected.
Some additional abbreviations are "cf" = compares favorably to, "sp" = species, after which you sometimes see a name which begins with a capital letter. This generally means it is a different clone. "cv." = Cultivar, in which case it is a man-made cross.
Hopefully at some point we'll be able to get the database to accept the different formats, or at least a comment in the name field regarding it.
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