Okay, I'll go. Australis Lisa. I got it a couple of weeks ago, it looks perky and is producing a couple of new leaves already. I chose this one for beautiful leaf pattern, compact growth, and ease of growing.

Okay, I'll go. Australis Lisa. I got it a couple of weeks ago, it looks perky and is producing a couple of new leaves already. I chose this one for beautiful leaf pattern, compact growth, and ease of growing.

H. obscura/H. mindorensis came at the same time.

H. obscura because it's very popular and fast growing (mine already popped out two new leaves). H. mindorensis because of the beautiful blooms it produces.

H. obscura is dealing with mealies, though. Thank the lord it was outside when this happened. My other plants are too close to each other to deal with mealies.

I'd say H. obscura is slightly more popular but both are popular with Hoya growers.

I am practicing adding photos. Fingers crossed!

Here is a link that might be useful: Australis Lisa

Mine is from a trade, but the one is sigitallis.

Love love love it.

I'm usually a flower person, leaves are nice but my main interest is in the flower - and fragrance.

But this one oh my, the leaves!

As for other people liking it? I don't know, I don't really pay attention to how popular something is, I like what I like - whether it is a common or uncommon one.

BTW GG, you are on a roll this morning. lol

Renee

My answer to this question is kind of weird. It is Hoya australis ssp. australis. When I first started collecting Hoyas, I bought four different australis, all easily distinguishable from one another. They came to me labeled as:

Hoya australis
Hoya coronaria
Hoya australis ssp. tenuipes
Hoya australis Lizard Isle

From what I've read, back in the day Hoya australis ssp. australis was sold as coronaria and keysii. My plant does fit this description, but I always wanted to compare it to a specimen from a more reliable vendor. So, that's why I purchased such a basic Hoya. I know it sounds boring, but I am really going to enjoy this.

Extra credit: 3
It doesn't seem like australis is all that popular. Sometimes I'll pet their leaves and tell them eventually someone will want one of them in a trade. But people always want IML 1420 or 1830. Never poor australis. ;)

I also just got a sp. Golden Flame, which I have been waiting for ever since 2010, when my rooted cutting tragically failed to survive transit.

@ Barb

I was so excited the first response was also about an australis! I used to think the australises were boring but now I can't get enough, because the variation in leaves is so interesting and I love fuzziness. My favorite is ssp. rupicola. I don't have Lisa yet, but I think it's sooo pretty!! Great picture!

@ goddess

I agree with your popularity assessment. I can't figure out why people don't talk more about mindorensis. I find these blooms most beautiful of all Hoyas, but you're right, obscura gets way more air time. I used to hate my first obscura because it was always getting those temporary "you didn't water me just right" yellow spots. But now I just think it's comedic.

@ Renee

Haha. Some days I want to talk to you guys and I can't for the life of me figure out what to talk about. I bet you could hardly imagine that ever happens to me, since I always seem like I have a little too much to say... :P

Can you believe I have not added a single new Hoya this year. What's wrong with me anyways? Well I am enjoying all the Hoya blooms, more this year than ever before but I am always feeling too busy to even snap a photo. I figured I would lay low for a while even though I still have a wish list of plants that I would love to acquire.
GG my little Hoya australis subsp australis has really grown this year. I love this little plant for its compact growth and fuzzy leaves. I had never wanted a Hoya australis but I am very glad that I have this one in my collection.

Mike

H.camphorifolia to find the perfect pink bloom. I then saw a comment about it smelling like dirty socks, hmmmmm.
H.dasyantha for the leaf and scent of grape koolaid.
Maybe I will keep them together and see what the scent combo turns into!
Not sure of the ratings though.
Great self control on your part Mike! ~ Mary

@ Mike

Whoa. Suddenly hanging out with you feels like drinking with a sober friend! jk ;)

My first set of australis (listed above) took for-ev-er to start growing. They would put out about 2 leaves a year. Then after 2 years they *poof* started growing like normal Hoyas.

@ Mary

I think the same people who like villosa and deykea and fungii usually have nice things to say about dasyantha. This was one of my first wish list Hoyas, but for a long time I found it fussy. I suspect now it just doesn't like being repotted. Of course I'm working with a sample of one, so I don't really know. It's acting normal now, so I like it again!

Everyone forgets about camphorifolia but they shouldn't. It hits all the marks. Mine hasn't bloomed yet, but I always heard the fragrance was sweet and spicy. Hopefully that's how it will smell to you lol.

You got me GG at the right time with this question!
I got Eriostemma cv. Monette just because I like to suffer and even more I like the slight possibility of seeing flowers one day :)
I live in Miami and eriostemmas should love it here, and they don't (or just don't like me), so I'm chopping failing plants, rooting them and when last one starts growing first one is being rooted again! LOL I'm happy that DH can't keep up with my plants otherwise he would start questioning my sanity. Just to have easy plant at the same time I got Pubicalyx Black Dragon, like it already with kind of unfinished light green leaves and don't care if everybody has/had it!
Aggie

I added two this year, H. Linearis (which was a rooting gift) and H. Curtisii, which I bought at a plant sale because it was only $3 and so different from the carnosas I already have.

xo
kittee

Yesterday I received a mail from the EPRIC foundation that there were new Hoya's for sale, and to my big surprise there was a Hoya multiflora on the list! I immediately ordered it, and also a Hoya cv Viola. This morning I looked and they were both sold out, so I think they are popular?

Ingrid

My experience with H. camphorifolia is that the fragrance is variable..but, most of the time it DOES smell like "dirty socks"...other times its scent is mild and kind of pleasant. Fortunately, the fragrance is weak.
Ingrid, cv. Viola is a gorgeous hoya...best wishes on getting one. I love mine..from Joni @ SRQ Hoyas.
Bmock...be very careful not to over-water 'Lisa'...the roots rot very easily.
Renee...congratulations..H. sigillatis is a gorgeous hoya...but, I haven't been able to keep one alive for more than a year...this hoya can take a "downturn" within a day or so. Best wishes!!
Mike...shame on you!! LOL
My latest addition is a gorgeous H. danumensis from Joni..with a peduncle!!! Am I thrilled or what? Fondly, Patrick

The most recent Hoya added to my collection was a linearis. I've got two of them already, but it was so cheap - and everyone needs another linearis!! Right? lol

Don't know if linearis is popular or not, but it's such a lovely plant! It looks so different from other hoyas, and the leaves are so soft and fuzzy.