Hoya 'Mauna Loa'
A cobalt-radiation-induced sport of Hoya carnosa 'Compacta', patented by Cobia in 1971. It has deeply twisted vines with yellow-centred leaves edged in green, and like the other Compacta sports it grows slowly.
Wild ancestry
The wild species it descends from, with each one's share of the ancestry:
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Parentage from published registrations and growers' records; the family tree in the app shows each step's source.