Rooted and potted cutting, 3 nodes, 2 leaves. Upper node is active but no leaves.

Category - Big leafed Hoya

In 1985 Tony Lamb of the Tenom Orchid Center, and Ben Wallace of the Sydney Botanical Garden, collected a Hoya that has a weird adaptation: The large (4” x 6”) elliptic leaves are clumped 2 at a node, and there are usually 1 or 2 other short, side branches at the same location on the stem, each with 2 more leaves, so that there might be up to 6 leaves at one point. The leaves are held upright at about a 30 degree angle and at a right angle to the lower set. Closely set, they make an efficient “basket” to direct water, trap debris and make a good home for ants.

Photo credits:

Photo of the flower from Hoya Online Store Australis

Mother plant - Sample only - old photo of my plant in the Philippines