Here are photos showing the length and width of the typical leaf of H. ilagiorum.

Here we are celebrating another Christmas! I want to take the opportunity to wish all those who celebrate it a heartfelt Merry Christmas 2021. While I did not seek this plant out, I am very thankful to have it, and the flowers of H. ilagiorum really fit the day I think!

Since it has been so long since I have had this Hoya we will spend a few days with it, and I will explain why I took the plant out of my collection a number of years ago.

A few days ago I showed a plant that I was excited to flower called Hoya Russell. Well it has now flowered, and it turns out that it came mislabeled and really was H. ilagiorum. I do not blame the sender at all as I am sure that she received the plant labeled incorrectly and never had a chance to see it flower before she sent the plant to me.

The upside of the mistake was that I have not had H. ilagiorum in at least five years so it is nice to have it back for awhile!

Hoya amicabilis is not the easiest Hoya to grow. In one of the many times that I started this plant over, I took a tiny cutting and put it with Hoya lithophytica in a tiny clear cup in homemade Pon. The plant is still very tiny, but it is alive and just flowered even at its diminutive size.

Here are newly emerging leaves on Hoya lyi, which is a plant that I received from a wonderful local collector named Naomi. A big thank you to her for bringing me this plant this summer.

It has happened before, but it is not a common occurrence for me, so here is Hoya patella with 2 flowers on the same peduncle:

I have started Hoya RP-013 over many times and continue to struggle with this plant here is the latest iteration of it:

You can’t see it in this photo but there are two open peduncles of flowers. I have come to be really attached to this long-leaved Bella!

I absolutely love this Hoya and guess what? It is actually an easy grower! I once again need to thank Hannah Litt for sending me another really great Hoya that was completely not on my radar.