The title describes everything!

The world is a big place, but this is likely the only time that these flowers have ever been photographed together. It is a great way the celebrate July 4th!

Hoya Kaimuki is flowering on two different peduncles and this is the second flush of flowers in the past couple of months so we will celebrate it.

We are only half way though the year, and Hoya hamiltoniorum has flowered many times. I used to think that this plant was extremely difficult to flower; it simply is not true given the proper conditions. I think what made the biggest difference with this one was moving to coco husk chips as a medium. It does not do well in a peat-based water holding mix.

I really hated to do this, but the nectar from these blooms was dripping on everything including its own leaves. To stop sooty mold from forming, I cut them all off. There was a total of 58 flowers and buds that I removed. I left two on the plant as they were too difficult to get to. Occasionally I get chastised for cutting flowers off from Hoyas, but when you grow inside like I do, you just can’t let nectar drip on everything.

It is hard to appreciate just how many flowers are open on this Hoya apoda, but tomorrow it will become more apparent.

Hoya cutis-porcelana literally has not been out of flower for a year so if you are looking for a floriferous Hoya, it is hard to find a better candidate!

A comparison photo of two flowers; one from the Philippines and one from Papua New Guinea.

I was so excited when I flowered Hoya stenophylla for the first time, because so few had done it, and now it simply won’t stop flowering. It currently has between 50 and 100 flowers on it. The flowers are pretty insignificant and only fully open at night so it is difficult to photograph well.

I will be the first to admit that most of my magic of flowering Hoyas takes place in warm, humid, and artificially lit grow tents. I am frequently asked about what might flower with no artificial aids just grown in the regular house on a windowsill. Well, the answer might surprise you; I believe that most Hoyas given enough time will reward you with flowers in the regular house, especially with the lengthening days of spring into summer. An example of this phenomena is Hoya alagensis flowering on the windowsill below. I have now seen for myself a number of Hoyas that I thought could only grow and flower in the grow tent flowering away on windowsills in the house. So if you don’t have a grow tent, don’t despair, your flowers will come, and maybe faster than you think!