Hoya 'Rhiannon'

Unrooted cutting of Hoya 'Rhiannon'.
One node.
One or two leaves.

Hoya 'Rhiannon' SS 37-03 is a collector hybrid created by Thai Hoya hybridizer Surisa Somadee and commonly documented as Hoya kerrii × Hoya erythrina.

The foliage is the main attraction. Mature leaves are thick, substantial, and broadly rounded to oval, often developing a gently cupped or slightly sculptural shape. The combination of the two parents gives 'Rhiannon' unusually full, sturdy foliage with a soft, almost lily-pad-like appearance.

The accession SS 37-03 belongs to Surisa Somadee’s seed-grown hybrid line, helping preserve the identity of this particular clone.

The cultivar was named in honor of Rhiannon Spaw of Nest Tropicals in Texas, a longtime Hoya grower and nursery owner.

Because 'Rhiannon' is a selected hybrid clone, plants propagated vegetatively from the original selection should retain its characteristic foliage. Seedlings produced from the same parental cross, however, would not automatically be genetically identical to 'Rhiannon'.

Name in cultivation: Hoya 'Rhiannon'
Accession: SS 37-03
Reported hybridizer: Surisa Somadee, Thailand
Reported parentage: Hoya kerrii × Hoya erythrina
Named for: Rhiannon Spaw, Nest Tropicals
Notable features: Thick, broadly rounded foliage with a substantial, gently sculptural appearance

Please note that leaf size, shape, and degree of cupping may vary as the plant matures and under different growing conditions.

A note about this plant: The parentage, accession, hybridizer, naming, and background information above was gathered from publicly available nursery and horticultural sources. Multiple established sources consistently identify SS 37-03 as Hoya kerrii × Hoya erythrina and attribute the hybrid to Surisa Somadee, but we do not possess original hybridization or breeder documentation for our particular plant and therefore cannot independently confirm or deny its complete cultivar history.