Forums & Websites

Forums- World-wide by region:

SE Asia and Australia

thailandhoyaclub.com- This website and forum is moderated by Surisa Somadee. Posts are in Thai, with occasional phrases in English. Pictures of many new or unidentified species are posted on this forum, along with many beautiful photos of more common species. Membership is free. For non Thai speakers who wish to browse through the posts- from the Home Page click on "Webboard", then click on "Thai Hoya Club". Species names are in standard Latin, so are easy to spot, and the photos speak for themselves.

Europe

hoyaliv.se- This is a Swedish-language forum, founded in 2006.

  "A very active forum with a lot of nice people with great hoya-knowledge, but there is also room for beginners. We welcome everybody to our forum. There are a lot of pictures and the forum is very user friendly. The forum has existed since December 2006. We talk about hoyas but also our everyday life and other interests."

               -description of hoyaliv.se by Fia Larsson

www.hoyas.ro- This is a Romanian forum which was founded in 2007. There is a special section for discussions in English, and forum members are very hospitable to English-speaking visitors.

hoyasnacket- This is a Swedish forum which was founded in 2001. In Swedish only.

infojardin.com- "This friendly forum is similar to the US forum Dave's Garden, but is free. Based in Spain for Castilian speaking members from all over the world (Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Sweden, Chile, etc), there are sections for many plants. Among them, there is what is called a sub-forum for Hoya in which members share their experiences, while collecting information, since there is nothing or very little published in Spanish. This makes it very hard for people that only speak that language. There is a "post it" section in which a compendium of Hoya and basic care is being created by translating information and including pictures with the authorization of the owners. Many English-only sources have been very helpful by allowing us to use information and pictures from their web sites. We always request permission and credit the source."
        -description of infojardin.com Hoya forum provided by Lourdes Carvallo Olivares.

monforum.fr- This French language forum is very active, reflecting the growing popularity of Hoya in France. This forum is linked to a pool of photos on Flickr, which contains a vast number of Hoya and Dischidia photos.


USA

Dave's Garden Hoya forum- A friendly forum for collectors of all levels. Features are user-friendly, layout is clean and logical. The "Hoyas in Bloom" by month threads are worth the price of admission alone. There are yearly round-robins or swaps. This is a pay site, dues are $25.00 USD yearly, which allows access to approximately 200 forums on general and specific gardening topics. Judging by the number of views on some threads, this seems to be the most active US Hoya forum. Active moderators are not present, although the administrative staff is quite responsive.

Epiforums Hoya & Dischida forums- These forums are attached to a site primarily devoted to epiphytic cactus collectors, but the Hoya and Dischidia forums are lively and have a fair number of devotees. Epiforums seems to have the only dedicated Dischidia forum on the web. This website is quite user-friendly and easy to navigate. All forums are moderated with a light but considered hand. Membership is free.

Hoyas 'R' Us- This forum is run by Christine Burton, the long-time editor of The Hoyan, the world's first and longest running Hoya publication. Discussion often centers on intricate taxonomic issues, and the tone can become quite heated at times.

Gardenweb Hoya forum- This is another friendly and very active forum for collectors of all levels. Discussions often focus on cultivation techniques and display methods. This site makes it particularly easy to attach multiple photographs of fair size to one's posts. The site is fairly user-friendly. Active moderators are not present. Membership is free.

The Stemma Forum- This is the official forum of Stemma magazine, at Yahoo groups. Members receive notifications of the availability of new issues of Stemma, and discussion often centers on taxonomy issues and new species.

Hoya and Dischidia Websites

Multi-language sites

swedishhoyasociety.com- this site contains cultivation information and has the finest existing photo gallery for Hoya species. Only about 35 species are covered at this point, but the photography is exquisite. Alternate images are available for each species depicted, including precise macrophotographs of the floral parts of each species. This is perhaps the web's best source of photographs for plant identification purposes. In Swedish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Finnish and English.

sylvinebr.free.fr- Sylvine Bruneau's personal website has tons of artistic, crystal-clear photographs of a wide range of Hoya species. In French, English and German.

myhoyas.com- Christina Karlsson's personal website is made up of a series of detailed entries for a large range of Hoya species, with beautiful photographs and engaging observations for each entry. In Swedish and English.

hoyor.net- Maggie Alm's personal website features excellent photography for a very wide range of Hoya species, with accompanying taxonomic information. Many new or rare species are depicted. In Swedish and English.

sitascorner.se- the personal website of Rosita Pettersson features great photography and brief cultivation notes for a wide range of Hoya species. In Swedish and English.

carinshoyasida- This site has good photos which show many details of leaf and stem structure, as well as flower form. An excellent resource for comparing vegetative structures. In Swedish and English.

hoyaworld- Tipol Ruangaksorn's personal website features many nice photos. There is an emphasis on Hoya species native to his home country of Thailand. In Thai and English.

flickr.com- This photo sharing website contains several Hoya and Dischidia related "pools". One pool is dedicated to the French forum Monforum, and there are two pools open to all, dedicated to Hoya and Dischidia.

Sites in English only

alohahoya.com- primarily a vendor, there are also sections which detail cultivation information and depict macro flower detail for a range of Hoya species.

correctlynamedhoya- an older site set up by members of the Hoya Society International, this site is still a valuable resource, containing a series of accurately labeled and clearly depicted Hoya species, some of which are widely confused in cultivation.

dischidia.com- Antone Jones' personal website features great photography of a very wide range of Dischidia species.

growinghoyas.com- This is Jeanette Karlsen's site. Jeanette is Swedish, but this site is in English only. The photographs here are lovely and very sharp. A wide range of Hoya species are depicted, including a large number of undetermined and very rare species. 

Hill's Hoya Page- This site features photos of the owner's Hoya collection with personal observations for each entry, as well as an engaging, Hoya-related blog.

hoyas.ca- Ewelina from Canada's personal website contains a series of beautiful photographs of a wide range of Hoya species.

hoyaphotosfrommiamiflorida- This older site is still quite useful. A series of correctly named Hoya species are shown. A particularly nice feature is that a scale is provided in the photos (a 1/2" or 1.25cm paper ladybug), which makes it much easier to judge the actual size of the depicted flowers.

iha.org- the website of the International Hoya Society features a photo gallery, cultivation information, and detailed descriptions of past issues of their news-bulletin.

psthehoyan.com- this site contains a series of blogs from Christine M. Burton on a variety of Hoya related subjects, primarily focusing on taxonomic issues. This website picks up the run of the long running periodical The Hoyan  (1979-2002).

Sites in Swedish only

telia.com- Eva Karin Wiberg's personal webpage contains a series of nicely photographed closeups of a variety of Hoya species.

hoyanoya- Maud Johansson's personal website, featuring nice photography of a wide range of Hoya species.

mypos.se- This site has wonderful photos of a large variety of Hoya species.

catarinashoyas- This site contains great photos of a large variety of Hoya species.

Sites in German only

simones-hoyas.de- This website, set up by Simone Merdon-Bennack, is the web's best resource for Hoya taxonomy and history. Detailed entries for almost every Hoya species provide publication data and literature references. There are also photos of Simone's private collection of Hoya and of her travels in Thailand.

Sites in French only

wikihoya.org- this community built website features a series of articles about Hoya cultivation, all of which may be commented on by viewers.