Category Archives: Hoyas

Hoya buntokensis Flowers From A New Start

A few months ago I had to restart my Hoya buntokensis, and these are the first flowers from the new start. It is growing in only a 2 inch clear cup in coconut husk. This is the first time that I have had the flowers show this shade of pink.

Two Options For Dealing With Nectar Mess Inside The House

You can clip a cup to the peduncle to catch the nectar as is seen with H. sp. MT-02 in the top photograph, or you can just cut the peduncles off as seen in the bottom photo with Hoya sp. Sweet Scent and Hoya vitellinoides. Whatever you choose something has to be done, or the mess becomes unbearable to cleanup after a while.

Hoya vangviengiensis Blooms On Windowsill!

It took me around six years of careful tending to get it to flower for the first time in a grow tent a couple of years ago. Now it is flowering willy-nilly on the windowsill. I am starting to rethink my growing strategy on some of these plants!