I’m going to get the pain out of the way right off and show you a plant that ordinarily I would never reveal to the world. The plant’s name is Hoya Species Unknown aff. solaniflora. Tomorrow we begin our discussion; for now here is the plant:

There are a number of Philippine Hoyas similar to Hoya sp. Surigao Del Sur, but none of them surpass the beauty of the plant. The leaves are always a beautiful red, and the flowers are stunning. If I could only keep one Philippine Hoya besides imperialis, it would probably be this one.

Less than three months ago, I chopped up my large shrub-like Hoya stenophylla and started two hanging baskets. It probably was not the best idea that I ever had as the plant is now crawling into everything, and there is nothing I can do with the vines except cut them off. I have just put a bunch of it into my prop box to root for eBay sales this spring. Here is the hanging basket before I gave it a haircut:

Both of these beauties are flowering at the same time so I quickly grabbed this photo:

I don’t have anything bad to say about Hoya pulchra. The leaves get really red in high light, it is easy to cultivate, easy to flower, and seems to be a no fuss, no muss Hoya. It gets my highest recommendation. They seem to be readily available on Etsy and eBay; I urge all Hoya lovers to pick one up and try it out for yourself!

This image is my favorite Hoya pulchra flower comparison photo.

Really have to love these two together!

Hoya patella is almost always good to take flowers from as it is pretty much never out of bloom!

The title says pretty much everything.

I’ve noticed that the flowers on my Hoya pulchra seem much darker than the flower photos that I have seen online. It is no doubt attributable to the very bright LED lights that the plant lives under.