Hoya australis ‘Brookfield’
A cultivated selection described with bronze new growth and larger flowers, recorded in Liddle’s catalogue as IML 0256.
This profile follows the documented Brookfield selection. Published descriptions and catalogue numbers help trace it; bronze new growth alone does not authenticate an unlabelled plant.
Overview
Hoya australis ‘Brookfield’ is a documented cultivated selection. Mark Randal’s 2007 Fraterna article describes bronze new growth and larger flowers, and reports that David Liddle sold it through his Australian nursery. Liddle’s January 2009 catalogue lists Brookfield as IML 0256, describing coppery bronze new growth on a dark green vine. These records document the name in cultivation, but do not establish its original selector or introduction date.
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What We Know
- Randal places Brookfield under Hoya australis subsp. australis and describes bronze new growth and larger flowers. His brief account does not give comparative measurements or a controlled trial.
- The 2009 Liddle catalogue lists Brookfield as IML 0256 and describes its coppery bronze new growth against a dark green vine. This records that nursery’s accession, not the identity of every plant later sold as Brookfield.
- The catalogue explains that IML numbers identify individual clones even when names change. Keep IML 0256 with the supplier and propagation history when it is part of a plant’s documented label.
- The 2007 article and 2009 catalogue establish dated records of the name in use. Neither reviewed passage identifies who originally selected or named Brookfield.
What We Are Still Learning
Who first selected and named Brookfield, and when?
What would help: Dated nursery records, original labels, catalogues or correspondence identifying the selector, naming event and earliest documented introduction.
How does traceable Brookfield material compare with other australis selections?
What would help: Published comparisons using documented accessions, with flower measurements, growth observations, methods, sample sizes and growing conditions reported.
Research and Sources
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Do you have early Brookfield nursery records or a traceable IML 0256 accession? Dated labels, correspondence and published comparisons could help establish its history and reported flower differences. Please include the source and keep photographs tied to the same plant.
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