Hoya lacunosa — Black Queen
Trace the original Black Queen seedling account while keeping the photographed received-label plant’s identity open.
Compare an originator’s seedling and naming account with later received-label material without assuming a shared clone.
Overview
Edyta Kubiczek reports naming Black Queen for a dark seedling raised from a plant labelled Eskimo, with an unknown pollen parent. This profile keeps that original naming account separate from the photographed plant received as Black Queen; no propagation chain has yet connected the two.
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Hoya lacunosa — Black QueenView photo detailsClose photo details
Trailing Hoya labelled Black Queen with dark pointed leaves. Photograph by Rebecca Baron. Received label retained; cultivar or clone identity is unverified.
Photographer or creator: Rebecca Baron
Identification basis: Owner-labelled cultivated material; A dark-colour name does not establish a fixed leaf colour or a particular light requirement.
Rights and reuse: © Rebecca Baron. Displayed by permission on Hoya Research Library. Further reuse requires permission.
Image record: IMG-000211
What We Know
- Naming history: Edyta Kubiczek says she raised seedlings from a plant labelled Eskimo after seed set in 2012. She did not know which other lacunosa-labelled plant supplied the pollen. The page itself is undated; the reported growing dates do not establish its publication date.
- Separate seedlings: Kubiczek names a pearly-leaved selection Silver Dust and a darker seedling Black Queen. She gives Srebrny Pył and Czarna Królowa as Polish renderings. These are separately named seedlings in her account, not interchangeable labels.
- Reported comparisons: She describes dark Black Queen leaves and stems without a sunny position, and contrasts the foliage with Royal Flush and Ruby Sue. Her qualitative comparisons do not establish a genetic mechanism, stable colour through propagation or a special light requirement.
- The photographed trailing plant has pointed, dark green leaves, with some silvery markings visible.
- Material continuity: The supplied photographs document a plant received as Black Queen. They do not establish a propagation chain to Kubiczek’s original seedling. The account’s reported maternal Eskimo label is not a verified botanical determination.
- Flowers and cultivation: The naming account provides no measured flowering record or controlled cultivation comparison for Black Queen. No distinctive care guidance is accepted here.
What We Are Still Learning
Can the photographed received-label plant be connected to Kubiczek’s original Black Queen?
What would help: Original labels and dated acquisition, transfer and propagation records, with gaps stated explicitly.
What happened to the original seedling and its propagated descendants?
What would help: Original grower and distribution records, with dates and unambiguous material identifiers.
Which leaf features persist through growth and propagation?
What would help: Dated photographs following the same identified plant and its cuttings, with recorded growing conditions.
What are its flowers and flowering behaviour?
What would help: Dated observations and identified flower photographs, with measurements and explicit notes about scent, bloom duration and conditions.
Are distinctive growing requirements supported?
What would help: Scientific observations or controlled cultivation comparisons of identified material, with reported methods and conditions.
Common Misconceptions
- The name Black Queen and a similar dark leaf colour do not establish continuity to the named seedling.
- Silver Dust and Black Queen are separately named seedlings in the originator’s account.
- An unknown pollen parent cannot be replaced by an assumed species, cultivar or clone.
- The original naming account is not a controlled test of colour stability, parentage or light requirements.
Research and Sources
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