Re: Help with plant ID

 Hi,
It might be a hoya.  They have latex-like sap, star shaped white or pink
flowers with pink centers.  Fragrance is usually sweet, some smell like
sweet chocolate.  Here is a link with a picture and further information,
including propagation:
Hoya.bella

fdutra1@attbi.com wrote:

  I give up, time to ask the experts.

  I've just received some cuttings from a nameless, jasmine-like plant.
  I haven't seen the mother plant, but have been told that it is now
  being grown as a hanging vine, with clusters of several individual
  flowers on the terminal ends. I was given an individual flower but
  was unable to get a picture before it faded.

  The dime-sized, star-shaped flower is composed of 5 white petals that
  open and appear very much like a tiny balloon flower. The inner ring
  of 5 purple stamens (nectuaries?) is also star shaped, about the size
  of a pencil eraser. The leaves are opposite and slightly deltoid, and
  emit a white, latex-like sap when broken  at the stem. Fragrance
  appears to be absent or slight.

  I've looked through 50 pages of Google results using star flower or
  star-shaped and am at a loss. Would appreciate any tentative ID's or
  pointers.

  Thanks

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