Hoya burmanica Rolfe 1920

Type description:

In Kew bulletin (1920) 343.   Rolfe.  1908.   Hoya burmanica, Rolfe [Asclepiadaceae-Marsdenieae]; affinis H. lanceolata Wall., sed floribus multo minoribus et coronae lobis latioribus differt.
            Fruticulus ramosus, 25 - 40 cm. altus.  Rami teretes, pallidi, 20 - 25 cm. longi, subpenduli. Folia subpendula, breviter petiolate; anguste ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, subconcava; crassiuscula;  glabra, glauco-viridia, 5 - 8 cm. longe 1.3 - 2 cm. lata; petioli 5 mm. longi. Umbelli terminales et axillares, breviter pedunculati; pauciflori; pedunculi parce pubescentes, 0.5 mm. longae. Pedicelli gracilis, glabri, 1 - 1.2 cm. longi. Flores circiter 1 cm. diametro, lutei; coronae basi purpureo-suffusi. Sepala  ovato-lanceolata subacuta, glabra 2.5 mm. longa. Corolla rotata, circiter l cm. diametro, velutina; lobi ovati, apice recurvi, acuti. Coronae lobi stellata-patentes, elliptico-ovata, obtusi, subconcavi 2.5 mm. longi, basi purpurei.
            India, Burma; Chin Hills. Flowering in  the Orchid House of Lied. -General Sir Arthur G. F. Browne, K.C.B., Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, in August, 1920, the plant having been received with a number of Orchids from a friend in Chin Hills, Burma.
            The flowers are deep yellow, with a red-purple satin at the base of the corona-lobes.

Translation: Near Hoya lanceolata Wallich, but different, with flowers much smaller and the coronae lobes broader.
            A branched shrub, 25 to 40 cm. high. Branches round, pale, 20 to 25 cm. long, somewhat pendulous. Leaves somewhat pendulous, shortly petiolate, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat concave, slightly thick, glabrous, glaucous-green 5 to 8 cm. long, 1.3 to 2 cm. wide; petiole 5 mm. long.  Umbels terminal or axillary, briefly pedunculate, few-flowered; peduncles sparsely pubescent, 0.5 mm. long. Pedicels narrow, glabrous 1 to 1.2 cm. long. Flowers about 1 cm. in diameter, yellow; with the base of the corona suffused purple. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, somewhat acute, glabrous 2.5 mm. long. Corolla rotate, about 1 cm. in diameter, velvety, lobes ovate, tips recurved, acute. Lobes of te corona star shaped, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, somewhat concave 2.5 mm. long, base purple.

In the Dictionary of the Royal Horticulture Society.  H. burmanica. Dwarf shrub to 15 in., branches pale, terete, l. obovate-lanceolate, 2 - 3 in. long, slender-pointed, slightly concave, glabrous, glaucous green, fl. small, yellow with reddish-purple flush at the base; pedicles short; umbels few-fld.. axillary and terminal. India, Burma.