Hoya lacunosa — Tove
Retain the qualified origin account and attributed traits while identifying the original-record gaps.
Retain the qualified origin account and attributed traits while identifying the original-record gaps.
Overview
Tove is described in Stemma’s 2007 lacunosa account. The author reports distinctive young foliage and flowers, while qualifying the nursery-origin story. This profile preserves that qualification rather than treating the story as a verified original naming record.
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No identity-, rights-, and profile-reviewed photographs are available yet.
What We Know
- Reported origin and name: Randal tentatively connects Tove with Viggo Larsen’s Danish nursery and the proprietor’s wife. Original nursery and naming records are still needed to verify this account.
- Leaves, flowers and behavior: The account reports pointed leaves, colored new growth, pinkish flowers, a distinctive fragrance, rapid growth and early flowering. These are the author’s horticultural observations, without conditions sufficient to promise the same behavior in every home.
- Identity in cultivation: A modern plant’s label and acquisition history should remain separate from a verified chain to historical material. Similar color or scent cannot establish that chain.
What We Are Still Learning
Can original nursery and naming records be located?
What would help: Original naming or acquisition records, identified material, dated observations and documented conditions appropriate to this question.
Which plants have a traceable history?
What would help: Original naming or acquisition records, identified material, dated observations and documented conditions appropriate to this question.
What conditions underlie the reported growth and flowering?
What would help: Original naming or acquisition records, identified material, dated observations and documented conditions appropriate to this question.
Can source-identified foliage and flowers be photographed with permission?
What would help: Original naming or acquisition records, identified material, dated observations and documented conditions appropriate to this question.
Common Misconceptions
- The nursery-origin account is reported history, not an independently verified fact.
- Early flowering is an observation, not a guarantee for each cutting.
Research and Sources
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