Vendors

Some vendors that deal in Hoya and

Dischidia, worldwide by region.

( The entries below reflect the shared experiences of Stemma readers.

Please consider sending your thoughts on recent experiences with any of

these or other vendors to the editor. The descriptions below will be updated

as data is accumulated.)

SE Asia and Australia

Apodagis Exotic Plants (in Thailand)- This nursery has a wide selection of carnivorous plants, ferns, and Hoya. Many new species are offered. International shipping is available with physosanitary certificate.

Liddle's Nursery (in Australia)- David and Iris Marie Liddle have no website, but here is the 2009 catalog. This nursery has an amazing selection of Hoya species, many collected by Mr. Liddle. Many undetermined species are offered, making this a good source for new-to-cultivation, uncommon species. Labeling is state of the art. International shipping with physosanitary certificate and import permit is available.

Pinoy Plants (in the Philippines)- This nursery offers a selection of Philippine native plants and has a small but choice selection of Hoya species, including some new, undetermined species. International shipping is available with physosanitary certificate.

Europe

Bohus (in Sweden) - labeling is not always accurate. Inside Sweden only.

Botanova (In Sweden)- This nursery has been in operation since 1989. Botanova specializes in Hoya but also has offered selections from other genera. Botanova sems to have been all but closed down for a period of several years, but now there is a new website and the promise to resume the selling of Hoya cuttings by Spring 2009.
Botanova offers a selection of books on the genus Hoya written by company operators Anders Wennstrom and Katarina Stenman. Four are in Swedish only, the fifth and most recent, The Genus Hoya- species and cultivation, is in English and is available through their website.
Books are shipped internationally, no details are available as of yet on their policy for the shipment of plant material.

E.P.R.I.C. (Epiphytic Plant Research and Information Center) (In the Netherlands)- This nursery offers a small but choice selection of Hoya species as cuttings or rooted plants. Labeling is good. Shipping is inside the EU only.

Kakteen-Haage- (in the Netherlands)- This nursery offers a small selection of Hoya. Labeling is not always accurate.

Paul Shirley Succulents (in the Netherlands)- This nursery has a large selection of Hoya, Ceropegia and stapeliad species, many obtained from Ruurd Van Donkelaar, the former owner of this nursery. Many undetermined species are offered. This nursery is the source of GPS accession numbers, the former nursery of Ruurd Van Donkelaar is the source of IPPS accession numbers. Plants are offered as un-rooted cuttings. International shipping is available, although exports to the USA require special provisions.

Stenasa (in Sweden)- labeling is not always accurate. Inside Sweden only.

Tradera- is a Swedish version of Ebay.
"Within Europe, the shipping is rather expensive, compared to outside EU. Funny, since distances are shorter.
But, Tradera sellers offer a lot of rare hoyas, and quality on the plants/cuttings is generally high. I would advise to look for rooted cuttings or plants if they are to travel.
Sellers on tradera also has a nice habit of writing the address of their own webpage on the auction, and once you buy something from that seller, you could always ask about other hoyas you found on the webpage. Most are very helpful and don't mind you asking."
And remember - in Sweden we learn English in school. Most people here speak and write English very well.            -description by Camilla Gustavsson

Michele Rodda (in Italy)- no website. Michele, a private vendor, has a collection of some 160 Hoya. Plants are offered as un-rooted cuttings, availability varies. Contact Michele via email.

USA

AC's Agape Plants- This small private vendor sells un-rooted Hoya cuttings- occasionally rooted cuttings or potted plants are available. Inquire via email for availability of specific species. Inside the USA only.

AlohaHoya- AlohaHoya offers a large selection of Hoya and Dischidia species. Many rare hybrids and cultivars are available, including many of Ed Gilding's Eriostemma section hybrids. AlohaHoya is in the process of re-evaluating its offerings, and may discontinue the sale of smaller-sized or more common species. Cuttings are usually available on request. Prices are moderate, shipping is fast. International shipping (with physosanitary certificate) is available.

Asiatica Nursery- This nursery offers a large selection of Hoya and Dischidia species and cultivars. Asiatica seems to specialize in variegated plants, and often is the first US dealer to offer new variegated Hoya species from SE Asia. Plants are offered as well-rooted cuttings. Labeling is usually accurate, with occasional lapses. Prices are high, and shipping and handling charges are also quite high. Shipping is done in spring and fall. Shipping outside the USA may be available with special provision- please inquire.

Antone Jones- Antone (the Editor of Dischidia content for Stemma) offers a great selection of Dischidia species, and occasionally some interesting new Hoya species. Plants are offered as un-rooted cuttings, potted plants, or (the specialty of the house) as mounted specimens. Prices are moderate, shipping is fast.

Bob Smoley's Gardenworld- Smoley's offers a large selection of Hoya and Dischidia species as rooted or unrooted cuttings. Prices are moderate, un-rooted cuttings are half-price, quite a deal. Shipping is slow, occasionally extremely slow. International shipping (with physosanitary certificate) is available.

Exotic Angel (EA)/ Hermann Engelmann Greenhouses- These Florida nurseries offer approximately 18 varieties of Hoya and several Dischidia species as full 6" hanging baskets. EA ships primarily to "Big Box" stores, so their offerings are often found ate Lowe's, Home Depot and Target (on the US east coast). EA is expanding their range, and can now be found in some US west coast Targets. Labeling is erratic. Here is a partial list of the labeling as it usually occurs on the most common EA plants, and the correct species name:

"Hoya Green Leaf" or "Mini Wax Leaf" = H. lacunosa
"Hoya Bilobata" = H. sp. DS-70
"Hoya Sulawesi" = H. incurvula/brevialata
"Hoya carnosa 'Green Leaf' = H. nummularioides
"Hoya Rope" = H. compacta
"Hoya Regalis" = H. compacta variegated
"Hoya Rubra" = H. carnosa 'Krimson Princess'
"Hoya Tricolor" = H. carnosa 'Krimson Queen'
"Hoya Stripes" = H. curtisii
"Hoya Shamapray/Longifolia" = Shepherdii (probably)
"Hoya Green Wax Plant" = H. carnosa
"Hoya Shooting Stars" = H. multiflora
-List compiled and contributed by Gabi Rothman.

Gardino Nursery Corp.- This Florida nursery offers a small, but choice, selection of Hoya species. Customer feedback as reported to Stemma has been very positive overall. Offerings are of small, well rooted young plants. Shipping may be available outside of the USA, please contact Gardino's for more information.
The species most commonly offered from Gardino's are:

   Dischidia pectinoides
   Hoya archboldiana
   Hoya australis
   Hoya imperialis
   Hoya kerii (solid green and variegated)
   Hoya macgillivrayi

Glasshouse Works- This nursery carries a good selection of more common Hoya species and a few Dischidia. Glasshouse Works consistently receives mixed reviews from customers. Many customers cite a wonderful selection among many genera, but complaints often mention unavailable plant material, poor customer service, and excessively long shipping times. Labeling is not always accurate. Prices are moderate. Shipping inside the USA only.

Green: Plant Research- Ted Green offers probably the most extensive Hoya selection of any US dealer, and has been in the Hoya business longer than any other- almost 40 years. Many offerings were collected and introduced into cultivation by Ted himself. Offerings are of un-rooted cuttings only. Prices are moderate. Shipping is fast. International shipping is available, with physosanitary certificate and import permit required for some countries.

Grigsby Cactus Garden- This nursery specializes in Cacti and succulents, and regularly carries only two Hoya species. However, the two species are very desirable; the ultra-rare succulent Hoya australis ssp. rupicola (mislabeled as ssp. oramicola) and the giant-leaved Hoya latifolia (labeled as its synonym, H. loyceandrewsiana). Prices are low, shipping is fast. Shipping inside the USA only.

hoyaplants.com- This Florida nursery offers un-rooted cuttings of a very large variety of Hoya species. Rooted cuttings are available on request. Labeling is accurate. Prices are moderate. International shipping is available.

Kartuz Greenhouses- Kartuz offers a small selection of Hoya and Dischidia species. Labeling is not always accurate. Prices are low, but availability is erratic. Shipping is fast. Shipping inside the USA only.

Marilynn's Garden- This California grower specializes in exotic plants of all sorts. There is no website. Marilyn's ships to nurseries throughout California. Labeling is rarely correct, but plants are generally large and very well rooted, if not pleasantly root-bound.
The most commonly available species from Marilynn's are labeled:

Hoya carnosa (=Hoya carnosa)
Hoya pubicalyx (=Hoya pubicalx- probably cv. 'Pink-Silver')
Hoya carnosa 'Hindu Rope' (=Hoya compacta)
Hoya longifolia shepherdii (=Hoya shepherdii)
Hoya macrophylla (=Hoya clandestina(?))
Hoya multiflora (=Hoya sp. aff. Cyrtoceras floribundum)
Hoya coronaria (=Hoya australis ssp. australis)
Hoya keysii (=Hoya australis ssp. australis- probably a different clone)

Mel's Hoyas and Houseplants- Mel, a small private vendor, offers cuttings and, occasionally, rooted plants. Labeling is accurate. Offerings are usually made only in the fall, sale lists are sent out via email. Shipping inside the USA only.

SRQHoyas- this Florida nursery offers high-quality rooted cuttings of a wide range of Hoya species. Labeling is accurate, shipping is fast.

Some sellers of note on Ebay (USA):

alohahoya- see the entry above for AlohaHoya. Alohahoya's Ebay offerings are usually of large, specimen sized plants or of rooted young plants of rare species. Items are offered for auction.

cowboyflowerman- This vendor offers a large selection of Hoya species in a variety of sizes. Labeling is accurate. Plants from this vendor seem to be consistently well-rooted. Cowboyflowerman maintains an Ebay store.

fatplant2020- This vendor offers a selection of rooted plants for auction, some are of new or rare variegated forms of common Hoya species like obovata and sp. DS-70. Labeling is accurate.

godiswonderful777- see "AC's Agape Plants", listed above. A good selection of species and cultivars is offered. Labeling is accurate.

meltn- see "Mel's Hoyas and Houseplants", listed above. A wide selection of Hoya species is offered. Labeling is accurate.

special-edition1- see "hoyaplants.com" in the above section. Plants offered for auction here are rooted cuttings or young potted plants as noted.

srqhoyas- see SRQHoyas in the above section. Items offered for auction are of rooted young plants. Labeling is accurate.

thehoyan- this vendor offers small, well-rooted Hoya species. Sometimes very rare species are offered. Labeling is impeccable. Items are offered for auction.