I could not stand this vine full of peduncles on my plant that is now called Hoya latifolia. These little buds continually fall off like large dust particles all over everything. The flowers on this plant are usually spotty and not all that exciting so I made the decision to lop this off and the plant looks better now.

These two species are very closely related. Here they are flowering together this morning:

These two look pretty good together and I don’t think that I have featured them before, so here you go:

I finally have my first peduncle on this one so I would hope within the next six months or so I should have flowered this outstandingly beautiful plant!

It took me a long time after restarting this plant, that is one of my oldest to have a decent looking specimen again, but finally I do, and it flowers regularly.

I believe that this is the first time that I have ever photographed these two Hoyas together.

I finally have a really nice healthy specimen of my famous Hoya imperialis Rauschii Seedling flowering again. After I got the flat mite infestation knocked down, this one really took off. You can tell that this plant is healthy because the flowers are not blotchy like many of them appear online. This is how they are supposed to look.

As always all good things must come to an end; so this will be my final day discussing Hoya desvoeuxensis. I have not been growing this one long enough to feel like I really have a handle on its cultivation requirements. I know that it is supposed to be a cool grower that likes lots of humidity. My conditions for it were temps that dipped to 60 F at night and went up to 75 F during the day. It sat on the perimeter of a large LED fixture where it did not receive a great deal of light. It seems to be exceptionally easy to flower, but more difficult to grow well. As of this date, I still can’t get rid of the slightly chlorotic leaves, and it could very well have to do with the sphagnum moss that it came rooted in that is still wrapped around its roots.

This is a plant with an exceptionally attractive flower, with a wonderful fragrance. I recommend it highly if you can locate it. If you do find it, make sure that you buy it from someone who has already bloomed it so that you can be assured that you have the right plant as the leaves mimic that of too many other Hoyas.

Hoya desvoeuxensis was found in a Cloud forest with dwarf trees at high elevations covered with large epiphytes.

Hoya desoeuxensis was named for Des Voeux Peak, Taveuni Island, Fiji where it was first collected.