I received Hoya myrmecopa in the summer of 2017 from AH Hoyas in Thailand as a small plant rooted in coconut husk. It never did very well for me developing root rot on several occasions necessitating me have to start it over a number of times.
Hoya myrmecopa is found growing in holes in trunks and branches of trees that are also frequently occupied by ants and that is where it obtained its name.
Sulawesi is an island governed by Indonesia; it used to be called Celebes. Back in the day when I was an aquarist I kept the Celebes Rainbow fish, so doing research for this plant was kind of like going home and brought back a lot of memories of my fishkeeping days.
I have now flowered in excess of 260 different Hoya species and cultivars. Someday I will try to get an exact count, but there is at least 260 and there are probably many more. Anyhow, sometimes I have had so many different ones flower that I somehow miss one of them and they never have made it to this site. I usually only discover it by accident and this is the case with Hoya myrmecopa.
I have finally found a Hoya that has nearly black leaves when the first emerge, and strangely enough it is not the plant called H. sp. Black Leaves! It is a plant called Hoya sp. CoXanh 001; I have no idea yet where this plant is from, or what CoXanh is all about. Hopefully I will flower it soon, and find out more about it. Here is a photo of the leaves from this morning:
Hoya blashernaezii ssp siariae flowers only last for a day so I thought I would introduce it to another Hoya. Yellow, Red, and Green all the colors on a traffic light!
I have been keeping Hoya sp. Bangkok Red now for about 15 years. It is one of the easiest of all Hoyas to grow and will flower most of the summer right on the windowsill.
My final pairing using Hoya sp. UT-247; I needed to get the most out of its brief flowering time, and as long as all of these others were flowering at the same time – why not?
Here is an oddball combination that looks good together!
The flowers of Hoya vangiengiensis are among the longest lasting Hoya blooms that I have found so it allows me to pair them with lots of other plants. These flowers are a study in contrasts: The blooms of Hoya sp. UT-247 last for one day and the blooms of H. vangviengiensis last for 3 weeks!
