I’ve had this clone of Hoya macgillivrayi now for at least 15 years, and I’ve lost track with how many times I’ve started it over from cuttings. This time around there are hardly any leaves, and really, it is not much to look at, but look at the flowers that it put out after only about a year from starting it over. Truly a remarkable plant!
At least six times I have had this same number of four flowers appear on this peduncle. It seems no sooner that one set of flowers falls off, another set starts forming to replace it. This plant is a must have!!
Hoya soligamiana is almost always in flower, unless I get annoyed with the dripping nectar and cut the buds off. Here is a photo from this morning:
After years of trying to grow a decent specimen of Hoya aff. Bella PES-03, I finally have done it. I have a large plant with two open sets of flowers and many more peduncles with developing buds. Here is a photo I took yesterday of one set of flowers. More to come as the other buds begin opening. The secret to growing this plant well is apparently in the substrate used. It seems to love large coconut husk chips.
Hoya MB 1247 now has an official name; it will henceforward be called Hoya ‘Raspberry Sun’. What a beautiful and fitting name for this fantastic Mike Bernardo cultivar!
I don’t know that I have mentioned it before, but it seems that about 50% of these Hoya verticillata types have wonderful fragrances. Hoya sp. EPC-610 is definitely one of the best. This plant gets many of these balls of flowers and at night the smell is intoxicating!
I know that I have never flowered Hoya sp. EPC-209 on a windowsill in the regular house. I lost this one once, but really never want to be without it again. I want to thank Naomi K for bringing back into the fold for me!
Once again, I have to say that Hoya Almost Paula maybe the most floriferous Hoya that I have ever experienced. Here it is with against a flower from Hoya Kaimuki:
The title describes everything!
The world is a big place, but this is likely the only time that these flowers have ever been photographed together. It is a great way the celebrate July 4th!
