What s new in the hoya world new drool worthy plants

Hi everybody! Welcome, welcome to another installment of New Hoya to the Market. This is part four in the series. So I have been making this list for about three to four months now, and I am ready to talk about all of the Hoya today with you. I am just going to be looking at my phone here. I have one, two, three. Wow, we actually have 14 Hoya to talk about, which I think is the most that we've ever discussed. We are going to jump straight into it with the very first Hoya, and this is called the Jungle Spear. For some of these, I was able to find information on the internet, and then other ones, all I have is the images. If you do happen to know anything about these Hoya, then please, please feel free to share in the comments down below. But the first one is called the Hoya Jungle Spear. Now this hails from East Borneo, Indonesia, and it is a Calistophylla variety. So I've kind of seen the names both ways, and I've seen Calistophylla af, Jungle Spear. It is super duper long. I think this is one of the skinniest leaves that I have seen on a Hoya, minus maybe the Hoya Sulawesiana, if you know that one. This one is a little bit lighter green color, but it has like a darker green venation, quite sharp at the points. And this next photo here is a large plant of it, and I feel like I've seen a lot of larger plants of this, so I'm hoping that that means it's a pretty fast grower, because this one was not on the market for a very long time. So if you like that leaf shape, then this one might be up your alley. And then the last picture, maybe it looks like a I mean, I definitely do see like some splashes here and there, but yeah, this is the Jungle Spear, and I think this one does deliver in something a little bit different if you want like a really long tapered Hoya. Before we hop into the second Hoya I want to talk about, I wanted to mention how in this video I'm not really going to be talking about the prices of the Hoya, just because it was a focus in all of the previous Hoya to the Market videos, and if it's a new Hoya, then granted any new plant that is being released is going to fetch quite a price tag. Think in the hundreds, this list is a few months old, so some of these have come down in price significantly, but if it's brand new to the market, it could be like over a thousand or multiple thousands. If you happen to look any of these up and you get some sticker shock, it's pretty common for Hoya or plants to be quite expensive when they come out initially. So I've seen two names floating around for the same plant, so I've either seen Mathilde Variegated AP or Mathilde Variegated Silver. So the AP I'm assuming stands for Argentia Princess, because if you look at a photo of this one, it looks like an Argentia Princess, because that overlay of silver on top of a Variegated Mathilde does look very Argentia Princess-esque. I am guessing somebody's Variegated Mathilde mutated, and hopefully this mutation is stable, but from the photos it kind of looks that way. Next photo is a comparison of the Mathilde AP to the regular Variegated one, and you can see the difference here. It's on the left, it's coming out pink. The regular Variegated Mathilde also comes out pink, so don't let only that picture seal the deal for you. It is pretty. It is, to my eye, distinct enough that if you really want this one, but you already have a Variegated Mathilde, then you can see why you would want both. The very last one is another really cute photo of it as well. I love my Variegated Mathilde. I think it's a super cute plant, and I'm super happy that it's gone down in price ever since it came out, what has it been like over a year ago now? Hold your horses, because this one's pretty expensive, but I'm sure within a year it'll be around the same price that the Variegated Mathilde is now. So for the next one, this is the Dragon Sword Mint, and it is a genetic mutation off of a species Tangamos albo, and that is what it looks like. So I think the unique feature to this one is the leaves come out quite ghostly and minty, I think the Florida ghost type of leaves, and I think they do harden off like that. I don't think they go green. I know the original prop leaf looks green, but I think that's just because it's reverted. I have read about this one, and this one does have a tendency to revert. Let me show you the next photo. You can see this one, it produced quite a few regular green leaves before it started getting that ghosty mint color, and if you can see in this photo, the leaves do, it seems like, have some texture to them as well. In addition to being quite long and tapered, it does seem to have some textural intrigue to it. This is the part where I'm going to inject my personal opinion into the matter, and I would personally not own this plant because I don't think that this like really pale mint in Hoya really does anything for me. It just reminds me of a plant that's quite sick. Don't let just my opinion stop you. So next photo is, and sorry about the quality, I was trying to find like a fuller plant of this, and this one seems to not be reverted at all. So if you were curious to what like a full plant of this would look like, this is what it looks like. It looks like a very sun bleached Hoya. So that is the Dragon Sword Mint. All right, next up we're going to be talking about the Argentella Luna, and this is a hybrid of the Kentiana and the, I'm gonna go for it, Lamentoniae. I don't know, sorry. Okay, so features of this one, it sun stresses deep purple, and apparently the leaves are supposed to be on the thinner side. From the get-go, it looks to like a Hoya Publicalyx Pink Silver Ghost. In terms of the leaves, it's silver, it's got speckling on it, and I believe I have a slightly sun-stressed photo, so there's that one. I believe it can get more sun-stressed than that, but it kind of has like that blush pink going for it. Looking at this photo, I obviously see the Kentiana influence in the shape of the leaves. I'm not very familiar with the second Hoya that it was hybridized with, so I can't really tell you what it gives to the plant. The last photo I found, these leaves aren't quite as skinny as the other ones. They almost have like a teardrop shape to them, so I wonder if the shape is a little bit variable, but it does seem like that darker green splash is prominent in all of the leaves. So it's not full silver, at least you get some of that marbled splashing effect to it. Although I couldn't find any on Instagram, I did find some really pretty photos of this one in a deep purple color, so if that's up your alley, then that is the leaves named Argentella Luna. We have another Multiflora. I feel like there's so many new Multiflora coming out, and they all have that Polaroid coloring where they come out super ghostly, and then they like fade down to a darker green. So this is the Multiflora Golden Spark, and this comes from Vernonia Nursery. And this nursery has hybridized quite a few new Hoya, so this is one of theirs. Yeah, Multiflora Golden Spark, it to me looks like... what was the other Multiflora that was more albau and minty? This just feels more of like an aria variation to that one, because instead of the white being so stark white, it's more of that creamy yellow white. I'm guessing that the leaves do harden down to like a darker green. They just appear white in the beginning. This is another one where you might have a little bit more green, as opposed to them being like light yellow color. And then the last one, it seems that's pretty consistent amongst all of them. I wonder what they do to the Multiflora to make them like this way, if it's just naturally like a mutation, or if they have to induce it somehow. That would be a question that I would like to know the answer to. Okay, so remember how I said that this list I had made several months ago? Well, this one had been on the list for so long that the price was able to come down enough that I actually did buy one. So I do have one here to show you. This is, and originally it was called Dragon Mutate, but now I've been seeing it called Dragon Mutation. The origin of this, although I couldn't find the confirmation of it, I believe it's just a mutated Ache dragon egg. And from the photos, you can see this Polla probably used to be a dragon egg, but then it just tapered itself out. So it has like that really sharp point, and then the leaves just got extra wavy and maybe a bit more splashy. I'm guessing that's what happened to it, and it was a stable mutation that was able to be reproduced. Because look at this one, this one seems to be like an overseas seller, and in the caption the person said Dragon Egg Mutation, and now it's just called Dragon Mutation. So I think that's what happened to it. Again, I couldn't find like a 100% confirmation of it. I mean, you guys know that this would be up my alley because I like the dragon egg, and I also like wavy longer leaves. Let me show you the plant that I got. I purchased this about several weeks ago. These three were the original prop leaves. This one looks like something took a bite out of it. It is literally like the shape of something that took a bite out of it, and this is what they look like. So you can see very wavy edges and mostly green, but you do see like just a little bit of a darker splash going, darker splash, darker venation going through it, a little bit of splash. When I purchased this foia, it was coming out with several leaves. So this leaf was forming, and it didn't fall off during transit, but it did do weird things. Like you can see, it kind of got a little bit bleached in certain places when it like hardened off. I think it just didn't like how it was coming out in the seller's environment, and then it had a like transition to my environment mid-hardening off, and then like this is what it decided to do. But anyway, we have several growth points. So there's one growth point here with a new leaf right here. There's a growth point on this side here. We have a couple of leaves forming here, and then this is the newest leaf that's coming out. It's still pretty soft, so I don't want to touch it too much, but you can see the wave. This is the back of it, and this one has just a little bit of splash to it. Again, splash is not like the main characteristic of it. It's just a little bit wavy. We'll see how it grows. I did put it on not a trellis, but just like an acrylic stick to support the leaves as they're coming out. I did transition it to fluval and perlite, and I forgot to put a wick in there, so this is not really self-watering. It just looks like self-watering. I will have to fix that eventually. It seems to be a pretty fast grower for me so far. Like there's a lot of leaves that look like they're on their way, but time will tell. So yeah, I thought that was pretty funny how I had that on my list, and then I eventually ended up getting one. Okay, next one is the Hoya mustica, and this one I saw a really pretty photo of it from Unsolicited Plant Talks. I'll go ahead and post up this photo, and it really showcases like the really deep, deep sun stressing that this plant can get. It's like a deep burgundy purple with the splashing almost coming out like pink sometimes. I will say that I've seen a lot of them floating around, and there's a lot of variability between these, and now I'm also seeing some of them called the dominant silver variety. So I think there are some that have more splash than others, and they're calling them dominant silver. Another one again with a bit more splash, and you can see that this one isn't quite as sun stressed, but you can still see the purple coming through. Then the very last one is it not sun stressed at all, so you can see the splashing better. It's almost more of like a green on green. This one, the venation is a bit flat. If you go back to the UPT one, that one, the venation is a lot more raised, so there is variability in that. The only consistent thing to me it seems like is the leaf shape. It's more oblong and oval, and that seems to be consistent, but in terms of splashing, in terms of venation, in terms of color, I think all of those are pretty variable. So if you do like this one, then make sure you buy one that you like the look of specifically, and probably ask that seller what are their conditions in terms of like lighting and all of that, just so that you can be able to replicate it in your home. The next one is actually pretty cute, and I also love the name of it personally. So the name of this Hoya is called Lime Whisper, and it is the inner variegated form of the Hoya in Curvula. Again, don't know how to say it. It is really cute. It kind of looks to me like a watercolor variegation because the inner part is creamy, and it goes to a lighter green, and then the edges are a darker green. There are a lot of Hoya out there that look like this. I know the pricing of this one is probably going to come down because it looks to be like a good grower. I see a lot of very full plants of this already, so this is one that holding out if you like it is highly suggested because I doubt the prices are going to be able to sustain themselves for this long. And then this is the last photo from the nursery. Yeah, just a super cute Hoya. We have the Erythrina Albo, and if you like Erythrina, then we have an Albo version for you. This one is very expensive right now. What is there to say other than the Erythrina Banation is coming through on it, and it's not the type that you can see. It's like the raised type. If you've ever owned this Hoya before, you kind of know the veins are a bit raised. I actually used to own an Erythrina way back in the day, and it's no longer in my collection because obviously it didn't make it. And then the last photo I have of this one, you can kind of see what I mean by those raised veins going down the midrib. The Albo is more of like a yellowy tinged Albo. It's not super white. I don't know how the Erythrina grows, so I don't know how long the prices are going to be able to hold. I think this is a continuing trend is to make every single OG Hoya out there Albo variegated at some point and inner variegated at some point. Moving on, we have an interesting looking one. So this is the Hoya Latifolia Peridot. This is going to be a divisive one. I don't think it's my jam personally, just because I don't like any of that mottled variegation that seems to be popular. I think Hoya Crocodile, Hoya Candy, that type of variegation is personally not my style. However, I can see why this one would be very popular because it does kind of carry that on, but in a Monstera Aurea type of flair to it. And because it is a Latifolia, the leaves are very big. A lot of the mottled variegation varieties tend to have more normal shaped leaves, so I guess if you are into that, then you will definitely like the larger leaves. You can kind of see more of that pattern happening across them. And it seems to be pretty stable, but again, I don't really know, seeing as I will personally not own one. I wanted to show you the last picture of this one because this one has more of the variegation on it versus the green, and I guess it can have a blush tone to it. I'm interested to hear your guys' opinion on this one and see if you like it or not. Next one, this is one that's pretty cool because it's naturally silver. This is the Pono Rogo. That's also a very fun name to say. Pono Rogo. Pono Rogo Silver. It's endemic to East Java, Indonesia, and it actually grows naturally on the slopes of Mount Willis. I hope that this was ethically sourced. Sometimes when I do these new Hoya to the Market videos, especially when we're talking about all of these aches that are being imported now, I just hope that they're practicing ethical sourcing of these Hoya. But anyway, really cute round leaves with just a little bit of speckling across them. Very cool how this one was just naturally collected like this. This is another more full photo of it. The speckling is a little bit different in that it's so consistent it looks different, if you know what I mean, than just a typical silver speckled Hoya. Am I crazy in saying that or do you see it too? It's just a little bit distinctive. But I mean, I've done so many of these with so many silver Hoya that are speckled that maybe I'm just like seeing double at this point. If silver Hoya is something you like, then holy moly, the market is flooded. Flooded right now with silver Hoya in all types of shapes and speckled and not speckled. So that is the Pono Rogo Silver. I just had to say it one more time. This is a NAPSEA Hoya. That just stands for North Austin Plant Co. This is their NAPSEA 131 Species Bird Turless. I originally saw this from, I believe their Instagram, so I'll go ahead and post up the picture here. I really like this Hoya enough that I actually bought it. I know, I think it should be shipped Tuesday and they do next day for orders over 300. So I'm guessing it'll be here by Wednesday. So if you would like to see an unboxing, I felt bad if you happened to catch the Hoya box that I got from NAPSEA. I did unbox that one. And I don't know if maybe just my Hoya collection is too big, my tastes are too distinctive, or maybe that was just not the week for me to get a box. But I was a little bit underwhelmed about it and I felt bad leaving it on that. So, so nope because they are such a popular and beloved Hoya seller. If you want me to film the unboxing of this Hoya, then I would be happy to do so because I did purchase a separate Hoya from them a couple weeks ago actually. So I was really impressed by their packaging. The way that they ship and package their plants is pretty unique. But anyway, this one is newer to the market. And the live that I was on when they talked about it, a lot of people really loved it as well. It's got pretty much all of the Ache characteristics that everyone loves. The raised venation. This particular photo has higher splashing. I did see it being sold from another seller with lower splashing. So I wouldn't say that all of them are going to look like this. I think the splash is going to be variable, but the one that I bought from them does have high splash as well. I thought I would include that for people that like Aches. Another trend is new Polynera varieties. So this is the Polynera jasminca silver. And I originally saw this from Cactus and Exotics, which I believe it's just a super silver jasminca. It reminds me of almost the Matilde argentia princess, but like a Polynera argentia princess. Do you see that too? Except it's like albo variegation. So maybe like the argentia picta. I have no idea the stability about this one either. I keep asking myself like how many varieties of Polynera can they have? And they keep surprising me with more varieties that I didn't think of. So probably the next video you'll see there'll be another Polynera variety. Let's talk about the last one. This one I'm not sure anymore about the name because I tried to look it up and I can't find the exact foia I saw on Alive. So the live was from New Plants and it was the clemenciorum SS27-02. And I thought that the leaf shape was very unique. That's why I screenshotted it. And I'll go ahead and show you what it looks like. It's just like a super duper wavy undulated clemenciorum. When I looked it up it said it was hybridized by Sirisa somedi in Thailand. The SS27 refers to the seed pod and that the clemenciorum was the father. And then the dash 02 is like the specific clone. However when I actually look it up online I don't see like the wavy foia that I put in front of you. It's more of like a standard clemenciorum. So I'm not sure what is up with that. I just wanted to show you the specific one that she had on her live because I yeah I don't think I've seen very many super super wavy foias like that. And I thought it was really cool and wanted to share. So if it looks like something else that you've seen out there then maybe let me know. So before you guys go I actually want to talk about a giveaway that I'm going to be part of on a Palm Street live. So let me go get the plant that will be part of the giveaway and then we'll talk about it. If you guys remember this shirt it is actually from my foia tray that I did. I'll go ahead and link the video. Too bad you guys couldn't see the back too much because it's really really cool. I'm actually going to go out to a Lowe's run. This shirt is from Kat from Kat's Jungle Room on Palm I will go ahead and put up her seller profile here. So why I'm wearing this and talking about the giveaway is she reached out and asked if I wanted to sponsor a plant for one of her giveaways and I said yeah that sounds like a fun idea. So the specific live where this plant is going to be given away is her first year anniversary. So that's really exciting on May 30th. So this Saturday if you're watching the week that this video comes out in it's May 30th on a Saturday and for me it's 4 p.m pacific standard time. Basically how it works is whoever wins the giveaway for this cutting she will pass along their information to me and I will ship it out to them. So this is a cutting off of the UPT 009. I actually found the tag on it. I thought I lost it but this is the original tag from UPT. The textured veins latifolia. Still one that is a little bit hard to get your hands on. So this is going to be a cutting and the specific one that I'm going to cut is this middle one right there. So you can see this leaf. I wanted to give away the best leaf on this plant and it's actually a two leafer. So this is the biggest leaf with the most like raised venation and then this is the leaf on the other side of it and I'm probably going to take several cuts off of it. Why not? This is not like the personal one that I keep to grow out. This is just the one that I keep to chop and sell cuttings from. So I will ship it to the giveaway winner. Thank you Kat for asking me to be part of that giveaway. So if you guys have been wanting to get your hands on the UPT 009 then that's a good chance to do so. That about does it for me. Thank you for tuning in to yet another new Hoya to the Market video. I always love making the lists of them. I think it's really fun when I come across any new Hoya to just jot them down and see just what kind of variety we get at the end of the day. Some of the videos were I will say a bit repetitive in how many similar looking Hoya were coming out but I think this video we've kind of got a good mishmash of a lot of different colors and textures and leaf shapes. So let me know in the comments down below which one was your personal favorite or if you happen to see any new Hoya that I missed then I can add them to the next time this video comes along and I hope you guys have a lovely day and I will see you in the next one.