While the flowers may be similar to many other Hoyas, they are still quite beautiful!

I received Hoya sp. Black Leaves EPC-301  in a trade from a collector in North Carolina in the summer of 2015 and flowered it in the summer of 2017.  The plant grew in my regular mix and I would put the difficulty level with 1 being dead easy, and 10 being impossible at a 4.

Just like most of these Hoyas with similar flowers, Hoya sp. Black Leaves EPC-301 is highly perfumed and smells quite beautiful!

There are probably at least a dozen Hoyas that have flowers that to my eyes are almost identical to these. I’m sure that most of these plants are not new species and should be lumped together in some sort of way.

Hoya sp. Black Leaves EPC-301 was found in Prachinburi Provence in Thailand. It has the Epiphytica accession number, and unfortunately that is all I know about it.  Below the buds of the plant:

As you can see below, the leaves are far from black.  The only thing I can suppose is that new growth when grown in extremely bright light, may come in a very dark color.  I for one have not seen it.

I have a number of small Hoya lockii plants as insurance against the loss of this harder than expected plant to grow.  This is the finest of the lot; note how many flowers are on this small six inch tall plant, which is grown in pure sphagnum.

I can’t really remember if they have met before, but since they are both flowering at the same time…

It is not much of a plant, but I can’t really bear to part with it. Note how many times it has flowered on the same peduncle.

There was a time when I had one of the most showy Hoya mirabilis Clone B plants in the world; that time has past. In those days, the plant grew semi-hydroponically and flourished. Two years ago I chopped up the plant and sold off all of the cuttings except one plant that was the worst of the lot.  Since then I have done little with it except throw it in the corner of a small grow tent.  Every so often it flowers; this is one of those times.