Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Hoya

I am in love with these tiny flowers! I had heard the name "Hoya" for many years, but had no idea of the miniature beauty to be found behind that name. A cluster of these tiny, tropical flowers forms a ball shape at the end of a very long vine stem. I think the contrast between the "fleece" star and the shiny, "pearl" centre is totally exquisite. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoya I got soaked almost to the skin on a walk at Votier's Flats, Fish Creek Park, yesterday morning, and came home with just one photo worth keeping (of a Common Raven feeding two young in the nest, built high up on a railway bridge). It's raining again this morning so, even though I got up early for another walk, I changed my mind : ) Hmmm ... Flickr hiccups.

Aren't these just amazing flowers? They are only very small, but wow, when seen macro size, they are incredible. Makes me think of a fancy little flower-shaped button sewn on to a piece of fleecy fabric, lol! Not as sharp as I would have liked, though : ( "Hoya is a genus of 200-300 species of tropical climbing plants in the family Apocynaceae (Dogbane), native to southern Asia (India east to southern China and southward), Australia, and Polynesia. Common names for this genus are waxplant, waxvine, waxflower or simply hoya. This genus was named by botanist Robert Brown, in honour of his friend, botanist Thomas Hoy." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoya Jim (Garnite), I've just read the great news on Mim's (Mimbrava) photostream, that your operation went well! We couldn't have wished for more! Thought this fleecy Hoya flower might make you feel all warm and cozy, lying there in your hospital bed : ) All best wishes! If anyone else would like to send healing thoughts to Jim - he really needs all the thoughts and prayers he can get - please go to the For Garnite Group here: www.flickr.com/groups/1655195@N20/ and post your good wishes and beautiful images there.