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Hoya pachyclada Is One Of The Best Hoyas Of All Time

I had to start my Hoya pachyclada plant over after 8 years because it had gotten to cumbersome to take care of.  I was a little nervous, but the cutting has now flowered multiple times.  Here are recent photos of the plant with three new peduncles all in flower.   Excuse the photos as I didn’t have time to extricate the plant from its neighbors to take the pictures!

Hoya parasitica Is an Unresolved Name

Apparently Hoya parasitica is part of the H. acuta complex, and the name is unresolved.  I received the plant around seven years ago as a free cutting in an order from Thailand.  It has been with me ever since and has now flowered on two peduncles just sitting on a south windowsill with no artificial aids. Clearly the flowering response was triggered by increasing day length on this one.

Hoya parasitica Flowers in the Office

The scent on this one is completely overwhelming.  Coworkers were asking what is that weird smell from 40 or 50 feet away from the flowering plant. The scent is very hard to describe, being both pleasant and slightly unpleasant at the same time, but one thing is for sure; the smell is powerful!