Category Archives: Hoyas

It’s Really Going To Happen – Hoya piestolepsis

I’ve been trying to figure out how to flower this one since it got its first peduncle over a year and a half ago. I finally cracked the code; it is now covered in buds. Much more about the secret in actually getting it to bud up at a later date. For now, here are a few of the buds:

A Couple of Days Celebrating Hoya calycina ‘Stargazer’

I think this may be the most beautiful floral display that I have had from Hoya calycina ‘Stargazer’. I know it is the nicest one that I have ever had in a specimen grown under lights in a grow tent. By shortening its photo period from 14 hours to 12, it brought on this amazing display.