Identification: Identification of Houseplant

Hello,
Someone gifted me a plant she'd had for a long while. Neither of us know what it is.
I wasn't all that interested in finding out but had been rather baffled that it seemed healthy, but hadn't had any new growth in a year. It's had this little bit of trailing stem but that was it. That is until last week when I noticed this interesting very long runner it has produced with little leaves that are starting to shoot out of it here and there, similar to a spider plant. See the right side of the first photo. The runner is about 3 feet long. The deep green leaves are thick and shiny with splotches of grey. The stems are tough like texture. Any clues? I'm new here and appreciate your help a great deal.
Thanks much!
Pam

 

Possibly a Hoya Bella. Has it ever bloomed?

 

Check google image Hoya for flowers.

 

it is a Hoya ..just not sure wich one it is as there are so many out there and it would be better for you to search google for Hoys and look .. but it is a Hoya .. i cant remember wich one it is ..

Marn

 

Not Hoya bella. Probably Hoya carnosa or australis.

 

Oh yeah it's a hoya and get ready when it blooms! We had one in a hanging pot that bloomed the most beautiful soft pink flower clusters but boy did they stink! Fortunately you really only smell them if you are close to them or have it in a small space. Otherwise, they are a wonderful plant.

 

See the photo of reddish-brown colored flowers of Hoya purpureo-fusca. If flowers will be white, then it will be H. carnosa

 

Just in case you're holding your breath - hoya don't usually flower til they're a few yrs old (8-ish).

 

Not really, at least in India. Here they flower within a year or two after planting a small sapling.

 

Some Hoya species smell bad, others have a very sweet, candy-like scent, and several do not smell at all.

 

Nandan, I like the way you swoop in with your wealth of knowledge, exactly when needed :)

 

Thanks,chester. However, I too need help in identifying certain plants, for which I have started threads.
Nandan

 

It is either a hoya carnosa - the old fashioned wax plant, or another hoya variety called pubicalyx. It is probably carnosa, and mine didn't bloom till it was over 10 yrs old. They like bright light and to dry out a bit between waterings. Exactly which type of hoya it is can only be positively determined by the flowers.

This type grows best in a hanging basket, and is a very attractive plant even without the flowers. At least I think so!

 

I find it strange that two postings report that Hoyas of this type have not flowered until they were quite old. My Hoya plants (several species) usually flower within 3 years after rooting a cutting, the carnosa after only 1 year.