Super Silver
A silver-leaved cultivated label, with naming history kept separate from unverified clone identity.
Document Super Silver, its preferred wording and photographed material while preserving uncertainty about the relationship to Silver and older labels.
Overview
Steve’s Leaves describes its Super Silver material as having ovate leaves with extensive silver coloration and scattered green markings. Plants bearing this label need their own acquisition and propagation records; appearance alone does not establish a common clone.
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Cultivated material labelled Hoya krohniana Super Silver, with predominantly pale silver-coloured leaf surfaces and scattered green markings. Botanical identity and clone continuity have not been independently authenticated.
Photographer or creator: Rebecca Baron
Identification basis: Received label;botanical and clone identity not independently authenticated
Rights and reuse: © Rebecca Baron. Hoya Research Library display by permission. Further reuse requires permission; no open licence.
Image record: IMG-000231
What We Know
- The nursery describes extensive silver coloration and green specks in its own material. This description does not independently identify other plants bearing the label.
- We use Super Silver in place of the older trade name “Eskimo”, which we avoid as an inappropriate term for Indigenous peoples. Older wording is retained only when needed to trace historical labels. This change in wording does not establish that every plant carrying either label is the same clone.
- Silver and Super Silver Black remain separate labels. Similar foliage does not establish a shared propagation history.
- The photograph documents silver-coloured foliage of material received under this label; it is not a botanical or clone authentication.
What We Are Still Learning
Which documented living accessions connect to this label?
What would help: Original acquisition labels, dates and a traceable propagation chain.
Which leaf and flower characters persist over time?
What would help: Dated foliage and flowers from the same traceable plants, with growing conditions and propagation cycles recorded.
Common Misconceptions
- Silver-coloured foliage does not authenticate a species, cultivar or clone.
- A received label does not establish a registered cultivar.
- The nursery’s care list does not establish a distinct care requirement for all plants carrying this label.
Research and Sources
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