This is another hoya that I bought as a rooted cutting from Botanova in northern Sweden in May 2000. I wanted this one mainly because of the leaves and it's still one of my favourites when it comes to hoya leaves. I won another Hoya caudata at a hoya meeting in November 2001 and I thought it would be nice if I put the two together. My first caudata hadn't grown much (I find it a slow grower) so this made a nice looking plant. I didn't know then, that the two probably aren't the same, but I don't mind... Some leaves are full of grey spots, have wavy edges and some are more smooth and haven't as many spots.

My caudata flowered the first time in July 2003 and this was on a vine with wavy leaves. The flowers are absolutely gorgeous! Too bad they don't last very long... It has flowered a couple of times since the first time, and at one time the flowers looked a little different and they also had a wonderful fragrance. Not strong, but very nice... I couldn't find what vine these flowers were on, but they could have been from the smooth leaved one... I now know that I have both the white one and the yellow one in the same pot, but I still don't know which one is which!

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