Hoya kerrii — Albomarginata / outer variegated
The cream-edged kerrii label, its documented appearance and the limits of tracing plants sold under it.
Interpret the cream-edged foliage label and distinguish a cultivated form from a botanical variety.
Overview
Albomarginata is a label used for cultivated Hoya kerrii with green, heart-shaped leaves edged in cream. NParks describes a woody climbing plant of horticultural origin. The original selector and introduction date are not established in that account, and plants sold under this label are not all documented as one clone.
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A plant identified by its photographer as Hoya kerrii Albomarginata, showing cream- and yellow-edged foliage. Supplier and clone history are not documented.
Photographer or creator: Mokkie / Wikimedia Commons
Identification basis: Photographer’s Albomarginata identification; visible margin variegation is compatible with the descriptive label. No supplier, accession or clone authenticated.
Rights and reuse: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized only.
Image record: IMG-000205
What We Know
- NParks describes opposite, heart-shaped leaves with irregular cream margins and pale flowers with reddish-brown centres in rounded clusters.
- Albomarginata documents the margin-variegated appearance in that account. It does not establish a registered cultivar or prove that plants from different nurseries share a single origin.
- An outer-variegated plant can look different from the centre-variegated material recorded elsewhere under kerrii labels. The pattern is useful to describe, but it does not establish a common clone or propagation history.
- Keep the supplier’s complete label and purchase history with the plant. A shared label is a starting point for tracing material, rather than proof of its identity.
What We Are Still Learning
Who first selected and named this material?
What would help: Early nursery catalogues, original labels or dated correspondence identifying the selector and material.
How consistently do cuttings retain the leaf pattern?
What would help: A documented parent plant and successive cuttings followed over time, with growing conditions and photographs.
Research and Sources
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