Hoya is a genus of tropical plants in the Asclepiad family. Most people when they think of Hoyas they automatically think of Hoya carnosa, more commonly known as ìGrandmaís Old Fashioned Wax Plantî, and let it rest at that.
ORobert Brown named Hoya in honour of his friend and fellow botanist Thomas Hoy, who was employed as head gardener by Duke of Northumberland at his estate, Sion House. There is no record of Thomas Hoyës ever having grown a Hoya but then he, being a gardener must have, seen that his boss collected rare tropical plants.
