Today we start our discussion of Hoya aff. serpens (Xiaojie 001), which just flowered for the first time this week. I received this plant as a cutting from Rachel Colette Conroy late in the summer of 2022 with the following information on the tag: Hoya aff. serpens (xiaojie 001 RC-645 Jack Wei’s #s). Below the leaves of Hoya aff. serpens (Xiaojie 001):