Hoya pulleana was named after the collector of the type specimen of this species, August Adriaan Pulle (1878 –1955), a Dutch professor and botanist who made important contributions to the flora of New Guinea and Suriname.

Hoya pulleana is only known from two localities in the southern part of Indonesia’s Papua province, near Sungai Unir and at Kelurahan Iwaka, Iwaka, Mimika Regency. The label on the type specimens only mentions the habitat as ‘forest’. The plant observed at Kelurahan Iwaka was found in lowland riverine forest (Imran pers. comm. to authors Rodda and Simonsson). (Big thanks to Mary Carroll for finding this information)

Hoya pulleana was first collected, vouchered, and or published March 24, 1913 by August Adriaan Pulle.

I would guess this is the world’s first photo of a peduncle full of H. pulleana blooms with a H. yvesrockeri bloom placed inside. Tomorrow I will begin the discussion of Hoya pulleana, and new first-time bloomer for me.

These two make a great looking couple. This Hoya darwinii is blooming in the rooting stage. It was taken from the prop box already in flower.

I’ve really come to love this easy care, fast growing Hoya. Especially the fact that it can live in ambient conditions in the regular house and bloom like this during some of the darkest days of the year.

Tomorrow will be the last comparison photo with Hoya yvesrocheri, and I will introduce the next new species we will talk about.

I love the photo of H. yvesrocheri nestled inside a peduncle of H. benchaii flowers.

Title says it all – notice the bead of nectar on the H. tannaensis flower. Nectar dripping is the only negative to this plant.

An odd pairing, but both in flower at the same time so what the heck!