Hoya bandaensis Schlechter 1908
Type description:
In Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbüchen #92 40 (1908) 13. R. Schlechter. Hoya bandaensis Schltr. n. sp.; volubilis, alte scandens, ramosa; ramis ramulisque elongatis, flexuosis, glabris, carnosis, laxe foliatis; foliis petiolatis ellipticis acutis vel breviter acuminatis, utrinque glabris, textura carnosis, 10—12 cm longis, medio fere 5—7 cm latis, petiolo carnoso c. 1.5 cm longo; cymis umbelliformibus multifloris, pedunculo nunc petiolo aequilongo, nunc longiore, pedicellis filiformibus 3—3.5 cm longis, glabris; floribus illis H. diversifoliae Bl. fere aequimagnis similibusque; calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis, margine minute ciliolatis, ceterum glabris, 0.3 cm longis; corolla rotata usque ad medium 5‑lobata, 1.4 cm diametiente, extus glabra, intus minute et dense papillosa lobis ovato‑triangulis acutis marginis recurvis; coronae phyllis carnosis horizontalibus, superne rhombeis apice rostratis, subtus quadratis dorso bilobulatis; antheris quadrato‑trapezoideis, appendice hyalina ovata, breviter acuminata; polliniis erectis oblique oblongoideis margine exteriore auguste caripato‑marginatis, translatoribus perbrevibus, retinaculo rhomboideo polliniis multoties minore; stigmatis capite breviter conico.
Banda‑Archipel: zwischen Gebüsch unter der Spitze des Gunong Api (R. Schlechter n. 13663, blühend im Oktober 1901.
Zur Verwandischaft der H. diversifolia Bl. gehörig; ausgezeichnet durch die kurzen, dicken Koronaschuppen.
Die Blüten sind weisz mit rotem Mittelband auf den Lappen der Blumenblätter.
Translation: See below Dr. Schlechter's Hoya species.
Other literature:
In Hortus (1976) 574. Hoya bandaensis Schlechter. Glabrous, somewhat fleshy, branched twiner; leaves elliptic, to 5 in. long, acute or short-acuminate; cymes umbellate, many fld.; corolla about 5/8 in. across, the lobes triangular, papillate. Moluccas.
In Tropica 4 (1992) 1019. A. B. Graf. Hoya bandaensis (Java, Moluccas); robust vine with large, oval pointed, fleshy leaves dark green and glossy; blooms greenish white with scarlet centers. Tropical.
In The Asclepiadaceae Works of Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1992) 30. A. Nicholas. H. bandaensis Schlechter (Schlechter 13663) - 14
In Dr. Schlechter’s Hoya Species (1993) 32-33. R. D. Kloppenburg. Hoya bandaensis Schlechter n. sp. A high climbing climber, branched, branches rebranched and elongated, flexible, glabrous, fleshy, loosely leaved; leaves petiolate elliptic acute or briefly acuminate, both sides glabrous, with fleshy texture, 10-12 cm. long. in the middle 5-7 cm. wide, petiole fleshy about 1.5 cm. long; cymes shaped like umbels, multiflowered, peduncle now of the same length, pedicels threadlike 3-3.5 cm. long, glabrous; flowers similar to H. diversifolia Blume, nearly equal size and similar; with segments of the calyx lanceolate acute, margins minutely ciliate, in the middle glabrous, 0.3 cm. long; corolla rotate 5 lobed all the way to the middle, 1.4 cm. in diameter, outside glabrous, inside minutely and densely papillose, lobes ovate-triangular acute, margins recurved; with the scale of the corona fleshy horizontal, above rhomboid with apex beaked, below four sided and bilobed; anthers four sided-trapezoidal, appendages hyaline ovate, briefly acuminate; pollinia erect obliquely oblong, exterior margin with a narrow keel, translators very short, retinaculum rhomboid much smaller than the pollinia; stigma head briefly conic.
Banda-Archipelago: in the underbrush below the summit of Gunong Api (R. Schlechter # 13663, blooming in October 1901).
Related to Hoya diversifolia Blume; distinguished by the short, thick corona scales.
The flowers are white with a rose band on the petal lobes.
Published by Dr. R. Schlechter in: Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbücher 40 (1908) 13.
Hoya bandaensis Schlechter, 1908, Type # 13663 (B)