{"product_id":"hoya-rubida","title":"Hoya rubida","description":"\u003cp\u003eLightly rooted cutting of Hoya rubida.\u003cbr\u003eExact plant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoya rubida is a Hoya native to the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, where it grows as an epiphyte in wet tropical forest. It is especially attractive for its glossy foliage, noticeable venation, and colorful new growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leaves are generally oval to elliptic and develop a smooth, glossy green surface as they mature. Fresh growth can emerge in warm bronze, coppery, orange, or reddish tones before gradually turning green, making the plant particularly ornamental even when it is not flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMature plants produce rounded umbels of star-shaped flowers. Flowers associated with cultivated Hoya rubida are most often described in shades of mauve, dusty pink, peach-pink, or purplish tones, usually with a darker reddish to burgundy corona. Flower coloration can vary between individual plants and cultivated collections. The flowers may also have a light fragrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoya rubida has an interesting botanical history. Rudolf Schlechter collected the species on New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago in November 1901, between Massava and Cape Lambert. His collection was recorded as Schlechter 13711, and the species was formally published in 1905.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe species name rubida comes from the Latin \u003cem\u003erubidus\u003c\/em\u003e, meaning reddish or ruddy - an appropriate name for a plant known for reddish tones in its new growth and flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere has recently been some change in the taxonomy of this plant. Hoya rubida has traditionally been recognized as a separate species and is still listed under that name by several major botanical databases. A recent 2026 treatment of New Guinea Hoyas by Michele Rodda and Nadhanielle Simonsson, however, places Hoya rubida as a synonym of the earlier-published Hoya globulifera. Because Hoya rubida remains the name widely used for this plant in cultivation and the Hoya trade, we continue to list it under the name in which our plant was obtained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hoya rubida Schltr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecent taxonomic treatment:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hoya globulifera Blume\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative range:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal collection:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Britain, Schlechter 13711, November 1901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Epiphytic vine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotable features:\u003c\/strong\u003e Glossy green foliage, often colorful bronze-to-reddish new growth, and mauve to pinkish flowers with darker centers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note that leaf shape, coloration, venation, and flower color can vary between cultivated plants and under different growing conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note about this plant:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSpecies-level botanical, historical, and taxonomic information above is based on published taxonomic records and publicly available botanical sources. We do not have original wild-collection or provenance documentation for our particular cultivated plant and cannot independently confirm its relationship to the documented wild collections or collector-numbered material.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hoya Cuttings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383362613382,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/2975\/0150\/files\/Hoyarubida1hoyacuttingscom.jpg?v=1789492414","url":"https:\/\/hoyacuttings.com\/products\/hoya-rubida","provider":"Hoya Cuttings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}