I can’t seem to get a good photo of this one; the plant is engulfed in flowers and perfumes one half of the house! It really is a great plant.

Sadly I decided this week to take a few cuttings and to dispose of this giant Hoya Sunrise. I love the plant, but it finally got to large to handle, and it was too difficult to try to keep watered. I am going to try to grow it as a trailing basket the next go round. Here are a couple of photos before I said goodbye:

It is probably time to start this Hoya over, as it never wants to grow a new leaf any longer and only wants to flower. It is too bad as the leaves are quite remarkable on this plant.

I’ve said before that I believe that the flowers of Hoya carmelae are the jewels of the Hoya world. Here is a quick photo that I snapped this morning, but there will be much more on this incredible plant in a few days.

Here is my last Hoya flower comparison photo for the time being. On the left: Hoya patella; Hoya macgillivrayi on the right with H. microphylla and Hoya yvesrocheri nestled inside.

I can say for certain that this is most likely the first photo of these taken together that the world has ever seen. If it is not, I will eat my words!

I don’t know if this is the world’s first photo of these two rarities together, but it is my first!

For the first time in months Hoya desvoeuxensis took a little time off from flowering to recharge. It is back to its old tricks; here are a handful of flowers from this morning:

This Hoya carnosa sport, the only H. carnosa left in my collection, is all budded up sitting on the windowsill. Here are the first of these buds to open for 2025:

I had to pull Hoya stenaokei out of the tent to water it today, and here is yet another set of flowers on it with more buds developing continually.