I received Hoya nervosa as an unrooted cutting from Ric Morier way back in 2015 when you could still buy cuttings for less than $15. I rooted it the traditional way in moist potting mix and began growing it inside of a tent in my basement.

Hoya nervosa finally flowered on multiple peduncles after a very long wait of 6 long years. So we will take a few days to talk about my many travails in having it reach this point.

I hope that September 2021 is a great one for everyone that reads this blog! Here is the final flower of Hoya undulata for 2021, and with the difficulty in growing this one, it could be the last photo for this species take by me ever!

Look how beautiful the backs of the flowers look with all of the magenta spots on this plant.

The wavy leaved original clone that has just flowered has much more color in the yellow/orange spectrum than the mostly ivory colored blooms of the smooth edged clone. It also appears that the coronal lobes are wider as well on the wavy edged clone.

I will be the first to admit that my plant looks terrible, but we will celebrate its opening of nine flowers over the next few days.

I am going to have much more on this plant when the peduncles that are full of buds open. These flowers are just sort of a teaser for now:

Not a plant for inside the house on the windowsill if you let it flower. Check out those nectar drips!

I have had to start this plant over a number of times, but I keep it around because I really like it. Here is a photo of the buds from this morning, which should open very soon.

Here is my candidate for the most beautiful bud of any Hoya that I have seen to date. My wavy leaved H. undulata buds taken this morning: