Hoya incrassata |
Hoya multiflorum (a.k.a. Centrostema multiflorum) |
Although it is jewel-like, its name has nothing to do with the Spanish translation for pearl, but instead, named after for an English gardener named Thomas Hoy.
Life at Kaligátan Farm, a country house-in-progress in a coffee farm in the Malaráyat foothills.
Hoya incrassata |
Hoya multiflorum (a.k.a. Centrostema multiflorum) |
...and we have a scientist here who is a hoya authority especially for those endemics. She is a breeder and a species is already named after her for the valuable contributions she did for hoya. It is Hoya siariae, in honor of Dr Monina Siar of UP Los Baños.
ReplyDeleteWow! Can you imagine someday, someone will name a plant species after us?!? That will be the day...
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