Here is a set of buds on Hoya Kaimuki, I don’t remember the last time that I flowered this one, but it has to be at least 3 or 4 years. It will be nice to see these blooms again!
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Another Hoya linearis Photo
I took this picture just before I took numerous cuttings to restart this plant as it had gotten just too big for any window in my house. Lets hope that I can grow another magnificent specimen some day, and to think that I thought at one time that H. linearis was ungrowable for me!
Hoya inflata and Hoya cutis-porcelana
Don’t these two make a handsome pair!
Hoya acicularis Flowering For Third Time This Year
After waiting for nine years to get Hoya acicularis to flower a second time, the plant is now flowering for the third time this year. On top of that, it looks like several peduncles have developing buds. Sometimes it just takes enormous amounts of patience, so never give up!
Final Day With Hoya tannaensis
Hoya tannaensis is a great Hoya that I can highly recommend to all collectors. It is a plant that is a good grower, and looks to be a very frequent bloomer. The flowers have an interesting scent, and are quite beautiful. I have nothing bad to say about it, and I want to thank Rachel Colette Conroy for making this possible through her generous gift of a cutting.
Hoya tannaensis and Hoya inflata
Here is a photo of two unlikely tent mated: Hoya inflata and Hoya tannaensis; note the additional peduncle with opening buds. This is a plant that is going to want to flower a lot!
Hoya tannaensis Close Up
Here are a couple of close up photos of the flowers of Hoya tannaensis:
Growing Hoya tannaensis Part Three
The flowers of Hoya tannaensis have a weak fairly pleasant fragrance to my nose. Below Hoya tannaensis showing the whole plant with and without the cache pot.
Growing Hoya tannaensis Part Two
Hoya tannaensis went through three up-pottings before flowering. I started it in a 3oz clear cup, moved it to a 5oz cup and then to a 5 inch clear orchid pot. Below the buds begin to open:
Growing Hoya tannaensis Part One
I received a healthy Hoya tannaensis cutting late in the summer of 2022, which I quickly rooted in coconut husk chips. Other than a couple of leaves being slightly chlorotic, it was pretty straightforward and unproblematic. It developed a peduncle and began to bud up about one year after starting from a cutting.