Hoya desvoeuxensis was flowering in the tent this morning so I snapped a photo and then created a pen and ink drawing of the same photo.

The biggest surprise that I had in Hoya growing in 2026 was flowering Hoya medinillifolia. Here is the second biggest surprise of the year:

Who would have thought that I would end up with a pollination of Hoya microphylla! This phenomena happened with no skill on my part; there must have been some kind of insect in my basement grow tent that made it happen. I have had many dozens of flowers on this species on multiple plants over more than 2 years of owning the plant and it has not happened before. I also have not heard of it occurring with other growers online, so I will go out on a limb and say that it is quite rare. I will be trying to sow these seeds and watch the progress after the pods ripen and rupture. Stay tuned for more reports!

I don’t expect to keep this plant past the end of summer so I will be showing lots of flowers between now and the first frost.

There are around 20 flowers with more to come on this Hoya ciliata living its best life outside.

I think these drawings can show the flowers off better than the original photo sometimes.

The hours of day light must be shortening as this is what triggers Hoya maingayi to produce flowers. I still don’t see many people online blooming this one so I feel pretty privileged to get to experience the flowers in person.

These Hoyas must be pretty compatible to both flower at the same time in the same pot. I don’t know if I’ve ever done this before.

I thought that I had lost this plant a long time ago. It is Hoya sulawesiana Short Leaf, and I had completely forgotten that I had put a cutting of it inside of a pot of Hoya soligamiana between 18 and 24 months ago. This morning I was looking at the plant and this odd flower was hanging from the plant. I’m really glad to have this one back!

Here is yesterday’s photo done as a pen and ink drawing using AI. I think that it shows the plant off better than the original photo.

I have over twenty open flowers on this plant sitting in full sun outside. Here a hornet of some sort is getting a meal.