Super Silver Black — Steve’s Leaves material
A selection that Steve’s Leaves reports finding as a sport on a Super Silver stock plant.
Document the nursery’s reported origin and distinguish this label from Black and Super Silver. The label and reported sport history do not independently authenticate species or clone identity.
Overview
Steve’s Leaves reports that its Super Silver Black arose as a sport on a Super Silver stock plant. The nursery grew the selection on and reported that its silver-and-black coloration persisted.
Photo Gallery
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Rebecca Baron's cultivated plant, purchased from Steve's Leaves as Hoya krohniana Super Silver Black, showing dark leaves with variable pale silver-coloured markings.
Photographer or creator: Rebecca Baron
Identification basis: Received nursery label and owner purchase history;no independent species or clone authentication.
Rights and reuse: © Rebecca Baron. Hoya Research Library display by permission. Further reuse requires permission; no open licence.
Image record: IMG-000229
What We Know
- The nursery describes Super Silver Black as a selection from Super Silver; its persistence report gives no test duration, sample size or propagation-cycle count.
- The nursery offers Black, Super Silver and Super Silver Black in separate listings. Black is described as small and pointed with leaves darkening in bright light; Super Silver as ovate with extensive silver coloration and green specks. These descriptions concern the nursery’s material.
- Similar labels or leaf appearance do not demonstrate a shared propagation history.
What We Are Still Learning
When was the selection discovered and introduced?
What would help: An original dated nursery announcement, selector identity or accession record.
How does the pattern persist through growth and propagation?
What would help: Dated observations of traceable plants through propagation cycles, with light,temperature,substrate and watering recorded.
What do its flowers and growth look like over time?
What would help: Dated leaves and flowers from the same identified plant and recorded growing conditions.
Common Misconceptions
- Sport is the nursery’s origin account; it does not document a cross between Black and Super Silver.
- A similar appearance or sales label does not establish a shared propagation history.
- The inspected nursery care lists do not establish a distinct care requirement for this selection.
Research and Sources
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