Hoya for Every Collection | Hoya finlaysonii in Bloom

[@BasiePlants]

Do you know which clone of Hoya finlaysonii you have? 👀

[@shafiaaminath409]

No unfortunately not .but it's very very similar to ur veiny Nova. Am still deep dive into its heritage 😄😄 always appreciate you doing it making life easier 😄🙏

[@mg8565]

.....no. I bought it labeled as "long leaf". Is that really a thing? It has many of the same characteristics of your first Nova clone, but the leaves are pubescent on top - can't tell if it's also underneath - seems to be only the top. It grows fast, very fast, in four months it grew 24 new leaves!!!!! New leaves are quite dark, while old leaves are more leathery and pale, with high-contrast venation. I probably have to wait for it to flower.

[@betsybegonia]

All of them. 😂

[@betsybegonia]

finlaysonii Olfe VI finlaysonii black leaves finlaysonii EPC-317 finlaysonii IV ‘Chicken Farm’ finlaysonii IX Esta finlaysonii Lalia V finlaysonii Naeva X finlaysonii Orabella VII finlaysonii Sukirin finlaysonii Trang III finlaysonii VIII Angel NOID (finlaysonii complex) 'Black Cat' 'Jennifer' 'Svetlana' 'Larisa' MIRAL-201 sp. Nong Nooch (if it isn't finlaysonii it sure looks like one) AH 0734 AH 028 AH 099 ? 🤷‍♀️ Maybe? And... maybe sp. SR2009-005??? 😂

[@BasiePlants]

@@betsybegonia Are you sure you have enough? 😂

[@kristiemowry3267]

This is a classic Miro video. I just love it, and am viewing it for the second time. I wish he/you would do another one that takes a deep look at another type of hoya with clones etc. The history adds to the charm of this video also. Never stop being you, Miro.

[@amberclear7016]

I'm rewatching your videos, Miro.

[@kristiemowry3267]

me too. this is a gem

[@Ruby-wt6bf]

The quality and effort placed into this video is amazing Miro!!! I loved learning about this Hoya and the wild adventure behind it.

[@BasiePlants]

😂 But it is worth it when someone notices it! :)

[@betsybegonia]

This is legit the most interesting video about Hoyas I've ever watched.

[@BasiePlants]

Considering George Finlayson's journal, this is as interesting as it can get.

[@betsybegonia]

@@BasiePlants This whole video I was just remembering the time you left me a voice message cackling because he died so fast.

[@Wendy-zl8kv]

Thank you Miro! So much knowledge! You are very intelligent and I could listen to you for hours!! I love your long videos!

[@BasiePlants]

That is so sweet Wendy 🥺🥺🥺

[@betsybegonia]

👏 QUALITY 👏 CONTENT 👏 YOU 👏 KING 👏

[@BasiePlants]

😂 I am still mad my ship was blinking. That would take it to a new level.

[@betsybegonia]

@@BasiePlants I wasn't going to say anything. 😂

[@debbiefox6846]

I absolutely love your videos. Could listen to you for hours. It's like you are giving a very interesting lecture in College but with fantastic humor and a splash of self deprecation. Basically your humor is my cup of tea. I think H. Findlaysonii has such beautiful foliage. Rebuilding my collection from tragic surgery/Hoya situation uuggh. Def one I plan on having back in my collection. The 2nd Nova you showed us almost resembles the non frilly version of H. Globulosa. Sometimes I wonder if some of our Hoya are hybrids? I mean many are but some seem like completely different Hoya imho. Would love a video on Jennifer. Thank you Miro. Had lots of 🤣😂

[@BasiePlants]

I am glad you like the videos! I am sorry to hear you have to restart your collection. I hope you are good now after your surgery. The collection will grow fast, I am sure :) In real life, the 2nd finlaysonii 'Nova' looks nothing like Hoya globulosa (or at the least the clone I have). I have some hybirds, yes, but a lot of them are just different clones of one species and there can be a lot of variation in the species. I try to find the most interesting/ different clones so I think that is why they don't look exactly like what most people are used to see :)

[@sonyalawlor6084]

I have a Hoya Jennifer and would love to see a video dedicated to the Jennifer. As always love your humor!😂😂. And the visuals are spot on! Nice job! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@BasiePlants]

Thank you 💚 I hope I can make a video on Hoya 'Jennifer' soon. :)

[@carolchen6502]

@@BasiePlants please do so 💚💚

[@FlowerPower1000]

“Appreciate your plants somebody died” Like most things that we take for granted in life..good thing to remember from time to time! Thanks! Ps. Oh the hair!!..really suits you nicely 🤩

[@BasiePlants]

Thank you

[@richardm239]

LOVE FINDLASONI GROUP ,REALLY NICE TO SEE THE VARIETY YOU HAVE ,AND TO SEE MATURE PLANTS SO OFTEN ITS LIKE 2 OR 3 LEAFS PEOPLE SHOW

[@karenb136]

Nope, I don’t have a Hoya finlaysonii. Yes, I would like to see a video on Hoya Jennifer . STILL waiting to see my Multiflora bloom open. It will be the first Hoya bloom I’ve ever seen in real life. Thanks for the video. 💚🌱🌿🪴💚

[@BasiePlants]

Multiflora will not disappoint, trust me :) I think we will definitely need a video on Hoya 'Jennifer'. :D

[@lorifox4699]

I have the multiflora on the top of my wishlist. Excited for your blooms!!

[@robinhavens695]

Your videos always brighten my day💚🌞💚 You are THE BEST!!! THANK YOU for bringing Hoya, humor and joy💜✌️☮️

[@BasiePlants]

I am happy they bring you joy. That is so good to hear 💚

[@nekia2much]

I throughly enjoyed your summary of the journal. Quite entertaining lol.

[@cassandraCC]

Very nice! Just got one cutting, it’s rooted but no new leaf yet, it’s only less than 2 weeks since. I think what you mean by ‘clone’ is ‘variety’ since clone means exact copy of one specimen (same DNA), while variety means same species with more or less slight variation in DNA.

[@sophieg3500]

Hey Miro, I have a finlaysonii nova like your second one. It’s also my only finlaysonii, I had no idea there was so many. I really enjoy watching you, I love all the research you do on each Hoya and how you turn it into a very interesting story, I could listen to you for hours. Also, love your sense of humour!

[@BasiePlants]

There are so many finlaysonii clones! Even now there are new clones coming out and they are all gorgeous 💚

[@karlyk.1102]

Yes please make a video about hoya Jennifer, we need it...lol

[@BasiePlants]

I must! 😂

[@JenniferLeeJohnsonjlj]

YESSSS video on Hoya Jennifer please!!! 💗💗💗

[@sooth15]

I have callistophylla, but no findlaysonii yet. Not for lack of trying. I almost had a completed purchase for one off Facebook marketplace, but that fell through. I gravitated less to these because some other species have even more pronounced veining, which is what I liked about callistophylla. In case you're interested, I have an interesting side note about my callistophylla: It has been blooming quite a lot this year (It's not super old) and most of the time there's no fragrance or very little. I think I had heard some people describe the scent as "butterscotch" (or maybe that is a different species?) but mid-day last week, I was able to get a very strong fragrance from it. A very nice and very sweet scent. I was able to pinpoint something that I could use for comparison. To me it smelled like a very sweet "Windex" (a common glass cleaned in North America, I don't know if it's available in Europe, I'm in Canada BTW), and a hint of cola. I would not say that the scent has the ammonia portion of the Windex smell, but more of the fragrance that they use in the cleaner.

[@BasiePlants]

I agree that callistophylla tends to have more pronounced veins. There are also new clones of it coming from SE Asia that are currently very expensive but they look amazing! They cost 4-5 times the regular callistophylla price so I will skip them for now. That is an interesting scent description! I heard Windex being used before to describe how some hoya flowers smell but never Cola! That is cool. I think most of the time when people say a Hoya smells like butterscotch, they reffer to sp aff burtoniae or heusckeliana :D

[@betsybegonia]

MIRO YOU KILL ME! 😂😂😂 OMG the intro. Bahahahahha!

[@BasiePlants]

At least now people know what is up and what the channel is about 😂

[@juliedavison-white1496]

I so love your humour I was in stitches my husband could not believe that I enjoyed your video, some people just do not get it. Thank you

[@BasiePlants]

Well, non-plant people cannot understand us 😂 But I have to say, I have turned a lot of people to hoyas who said they will never have plants. So.... one person at a time.

[@petraslukan6770]

Miro, i like this video a lot including a historical part about mr. Finlayson...it seems like you are a big hoya expert and it looks like you are entering the next level of the videos...you are growing too...I dont mean in vertical or horizontal direction , but in knowledge.. 😉...I would never gues you are an architect too😁 maybe now when I now understant the concept of your videos😉 keep on working

[@dbinmoscow1]

My queen you are excellent !

[@BasiePlants]

😂😂😂

[@carolynholman667]

I really love your videos brighten my day and u have things to say about Hoyas not just gour life. Great job.i would like to no what you are ha ging your plants on

[@peggyp3682]

My finlaysonii is budding for the first time. I wish I knew which clone. Thanks for this video and I would like to hear about "Jennifer." 😁

[@BasiePlants]

Let me know what they smell like to you and how long they last! :)

[@cathijones3924]

I would also like to see a video about Hoya Jennifer.

[@peggyp3682]

They finally opened but they only lasted about 3 days. It was the first bloom for my plant. The scent was nice. Kind of citrus.

[@katyaleblanc5418]

I have two finlaysonii. Both are unknown clones. One has lighter leaves and prominent veins. The other has narrow, dark amd splashy leaves. They have both bloomed for me, and the blooms smell like lemon and vanilla to me. They also barely lasted a day.

[@BasiePlants]

Lemon and vanilla sounds better than lemon and ginger 😂 But it is a nice fragrance anyways. I hope you can get a clone that will last 3-4 days :) It is a shame to see them go in a day!

[@newmanmansell760]

Wonderful episode😊🙌💞I enjoyed watching so much and I enjoyed the history about Hoyas too😌🙏No, I don't have a hoya finlaysonii and there is no reason really other than I have a habit of acquiring (hording) plants and I definitely wouldn't say no if one was in front of my nose at my local plant nursery😅🙏I enjoyed watching and your video was amazing🤲🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@ThePlantNerdSD]

Yes please on the video of H. Jennifer. I LOVE mine. And can u also do H. Teneba and Gunung 😊😊😊😊

[@BasiePlants]

I don't have Hoya sp. Teneba but now I may need one... And I think one Hoya 'Jennifer' video is a must!

[@misterplantastic]

I love finlaysoniis 💚 mine actually grow all very fast 😬 and we surely want to see a dedicated video about Jennifer 😃 Thank you for this great video, lots of interesting background stories 😊

[@BasiePlants]

You need a slow clone then. It is not fair for only me to suffer. 😂 Jenny video pending!

[@MimaKovac]

I laughed on the begining so much that I woke up my dog -it was almost like your evil twin from years ago is back on the scene 😄😄😄 I never missed anything on this channel but I missed when you were selling cuttings so I dont have one 😅 Hope I will get one very soon 😍 from NL and that will do ok on east window plus small spot grow light -sorry my dear hoya from the future that is the best that I can 😅

[@oliviaplants]

Scents can be so different for different people! I am also into essential oils and when i got my first cedarwood it smelled sooooo strong of cat urine to me! It was repulsive! My best friend did not have that experience and since then it has changed for me and now smells like a sweet cedar scent 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

[@kevinator41]

I love these kind of videos ! Very informative.

[@BasiePlants]

Glad to hear it! :D

[@bonbory4590]

Bought my finlaysonii without any specific name. It has leaves pubescent from both sides, but it doesnt look like yours and groves for me pretty quickly. Sadly it didnt bloomed yet, now i am even more curious to see and smell the flower 🤩

[@shafiaaminath409]

🙏 Brilliant historical perspective .. I have Nova the veiny one but a as u said I also see a lot of the second type of Nova here in Asia

[@BasiePlants]

I wonder which one of them is the true Nova! 🤔

[@nicolemorreau9977]

I do not have a H. Finlaysonii but I have a H. Jennifer and H. Chicken Farm (which is Finlaysonii like, but I couldn't find much information on its history online). I really love your H. Finlaysonii 'Nova', that is one my wish list. I love the research that you put into your videos and would love a video on researching tips - like what websites you use and/or what to watch for. I find it frustrating when things are not sold under the correct names (I am sure sellers are using the name they were told). Thanks for the enjoyable videos!

[@BasiePlants]

Oh both Hoya 'Jennifer' and Hoya sp. Chicken Farm are very nice though! I do not have Hoya sp. Chicken Farm yet. I hope I get one soon :) I think Hoya finlaysonii 'Nova' is a good one to put on your wishlist. I mostly use Kew's database (plantsoftheworldonline) and IPNI. There are other great places like Christina Karlsson's myhoyas.com website :)

[@Yoliplanting]

I love your videos so much!!

[@stacey8073]

My excuse for not yet having a finlaysonii is that I just couldn’t decide which one to get. After this maybe I should just splurge and get a few different clones 😂. Great video, I really appreciate you spotlighting a specific Hoya.

[@BasiePlants]

So many clones! I think you should get more than one! :D I am planning on getting at least one more, but also more crosses 🙈

[@earthpotco1037]

My first one is being shipped to me today💃

[@BasiePlants]

Oh, how exciting! :D

[@thpco1617]

I have a finlaysonii 'Satun' and cv svetlana (deykeae x finlaysonii). And may have a finlaysonii 'Burma' in the way 🙈

[@BasiePlants]

'Svetlana' is on my wishlist! I hope to get it soon. So pretty!

[@eatplnts.growplnts3344]

I found 3 here ;-) the one with two the pubescent leaves (i made the same experiences that you mentioned), finlaysonii (Burma) and finlaysonii („long leaf“) … At least two cuttings of a Hoya that is labeled as aff finlaysonii. The leaves are rounder, its light green with pronounced veins.

[@BasiePlants]

I think Uhlig in Germany was selling more of them, but I haven’t checked lately. I have to check out the one from Burma! The aff finlyasonii sounds very cool though :D

[@lindaforlizzi5759]

I enjoy your videos. What is your opinion on self watering pots for hoyas?

[@hoedown175]

I love this

[@BasiePlants]

❤️

[@ThePlantNerdSD]

I have the 1st Finlaysonii Nova. I can barely the scent of my too and I can’t associate the scent. BTW…love ur channel. 😊

[@BasiePlants]

Interesting! I wonder why it smelled so much here! I am glad you like the channel 💚

[@MunirMMaruf]

Thank you for summarizing the history for us.Super glad that i did not have to read a racist, sexist colonizer's journal to get all the info. Your first finlaysonii nova (sweden): the new leaves looked a lot similar to AH021 I have.

[@BasiePlants]

I was expecting more plant info but a lot of it was his observations on people of Siam (he mostly uses the words such as 'savages' to describe them) and I was not here for that. I think a lot of AH crosses have finlaysonii in them so it's no surprise. I wish we knew more about them!

[@liskalangdon6576]

It’s currently 18% humidity outside.. it rained off and on yesterday.. which is very unusual!! The humidity usually in the single digits in the months of May and June!! So I have several smallish humidifier mostly for my Hoyas and my Ariods that have a hard time unfurling their leaves.?

[@BasiePlants]

Oh wow! That is pretty low 😬 It gets dryer here in summer too but most of my plants are inside. I can never keep up with the watering outside 😅

[@liskalangdon6576]

@@BasiePlants I have inside and outside plants. But when it’s in single digit humidity outside it’s over 100 degrees F outside ( it was 111 on Wednesday). That makes the air in and outside very dry!!

[@alexandrar.7407]

Amazing video as always. It's lovely to see how different they are and you made me add Nova to my wishlist (both clones are gorgeous). The finlaysonii I bought as "long leaves" definitely looks different than the ones you showed. Do they smell like callistophylla? I can describe the smell of callistophylla as ginger and lemon.

[@BasiePlants]

My callistophylla never bloomed because it is evil. :D But I imagine they would smell similar. I have heard of several long-leaved clones of finlaysonii and they all look gorgeous to me! I hope I can get one soon :)

[@mommayanna]

Love finlaysoniis

[@mommayanna]

I have 7

[@mommayanna]

I don’t plan on getting more. They have never bloomed

[@dianahartley-kim7109]

I don’t have a Hoya finlaysonii or any of it’s clones or hybrids. I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ why either. I may have to remedy that, so I can continue watching your channel.

[@BasiePlants]

It is a must! :D I hope you can get one that grows fast :)

[@jackysimons22]

Can do video of Hoya gunung gading

[@mayeliz]

Thank you so much for another useful and informative video, I love your videos. I have a Nova and it is the same as the first one you showed. It was bought in Sweden so it is perhaps not so strange that they are the same. Have had it for almost a year and it has not grown or flourished for me. Thank God, because I do not have room for another one that grows wild 😂

[@BasiePlants]

So strange to hear it has not grown! Mine is quite fast and I heard good things about the clone :D Then again, Hoya verticillata (former wibergiae) is supposed to be fast too but mine took a year to decided to start living.

[@kristiemowry3267]

Is wibergiae the same as Wilber Graves? @@BasiePlants

[@amywithay]

Oh I've missed you!

[@BasiePlants]

I was never away 💚

[@amywithay]

@@BasiePlants I've recently acquired far too many new hoya species thanks to your videos ❤️ some I had never heard of!

[@carolynholman667]

What is behind u that u hang your plants on I need something. I have no one to help me .I love watching g your video's

[@cathijones3924]

Miro, Do you have a Hoya Chicken Farm or know anything about its care? I received mine in early June.

[@BasiePlants]

Sadly, I don't have Hoya sp. Chicken Farn. What I know about it is that it was discovered in 1997 by Eva-Karin Wiberg in Sabah, Borneo near a chicken farm (hence the name) and she was on that trip with Torill Nyhuus (former president of the Swedish Hoya Society) and Anthony Lamb (botanist that does a lot of work with hoyas). Dorothy Green (Ted Green's wife) says that Ted Green (who also published a lot of hoya species) always thought of it as a vitellinoides type hoya. However, some people claim they asked Eva-Karin about it and she said it was finlaysonii-type hoya. That is all I know on the Hoya sp. Chicken Farm that was originally collected in 1997. That plant is a species and not a cross. However, it is possible that nowadays some people sell other Hoyas under that name. :) If I had it, I would treat it like any finlaysonii hoya.

[@cathijones3924]

Thank you for the information. This is more than I could find! I enjoy your videos. They are always good for a laugh!

[@joannanovara815]

Do you recommend a specific humidifier brand?

[@BasiePlants]

A lot of people use Levoit humidifers but I never used them and I don't use a humidifer so I don't really have any good recommendations :/

[@MimaKovac]

@@BasiePlants I see that it will not be got humidifier seller from you... Use the moment, put some links, get some %%%%% 😀😀😀

[@crochetqueen6440]

Maybe Miro or someone else has the answer to this question - Miro pronounces plant names (I think, most, from memory) that have the "double i" at the end of them, as a single "e" sound rather than the "e-i" sound that many other pronounce them with. So for example, Finlaysonii is pronounced typically as "Finlayson-e-i" by many people, however Miro pronounces it as "Finlayson-e". Given the amount of research you, Miro, put into everything Hoya related, and otherwise *cough, birds, bees, squirrels* I figure there will be a reason for this and I'm really curious! Anyone have an answer? Thanks!

[@doityourselfpb8614]

Being latin-based, scientific names should be pronounced the way Miro pronounces them. The e-i pronunciation is the way americans say it which is, if you think about it, not correct.

[@debbiefox6846]

The proper Botanical Latin pronunciation is Findlayson ee ( tree) or Findlayson i( eye). The 2 i's are only pronounced once( one syllable) but either pronunciation is acceptable. I am American but many of us pronounce latin based words correctly if we have been educated or had medical training.😁

[@BasiePlants]

Thank you for chiming in :D

[@BasiePlants]

I learned Latin, though, 12 years ago, and I was taught to pronounce it the way I say it :) Though sometimes I get ahead of myself and pronounce names the way Americans would. Which I find funny since I am not American and English is not my native language. The power of plant tube is too strong it seems!

[@BasiePlants]

I learned Latin in school and this was the way we were taught to pronounce it. They wouldn't have pronounced the "ii" as most American-based youtubers do, but since it is a dead language it is not a big deal anyways :)

[@pchabanowich]

💐

[@james87106]

Lol. Leaf rubber!

[@BasiePlants]

😂😂😂

[@MimaKovac]

There are some "special" videos like that 🙈 on wild vast of internet and Im not joking 🤐😅😅😅

[@joehisel5966]

Did you say hoya pubicalyx shouldn't be called pubicalyx?

[@shiny-dust]

i watched this entire video and i have zero finlaysoniis. clearly i need to fix my life

[@BasiePlants]

Hahahaha 😂 You do! :D

[@liskalangdon6576]

I really really hate mealy bugs!!! They are very persistent!!! 🤮. Some act as though they’re not a big deal.. it feels like whacka mole!!!

[@BasiePlants]

I agree! Many people take them too lightly but as I have discovered last year, they are force to be reckoned with!