In my discussion of the variegated polyneura, we begin with the original H. polyneura first discovered by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker around 1848 near Darjeeling, India. It is cooler temperature Hoya since found in Bhutan, China, Laos, Myanmar, and Nepal. It has mostly been observed high in trees at 1,000-3,000 meters in elevation. The name Polyneura means many nerves referring to the many visible veins in the leaf. Below photos of the original Hoya polyneura: