After waiting for nine years to get Hoya acicularis to flower a second time, the plant is now flowering for the third time this year. On top of that, it looks like several peduncles have developing buds. Sometimes it just takes enormous amounts of patience, so never give up!
Hoya tannaensis is a great Hoya that I can highly recommend to all collectors. It is a plant that is a good grower, and looks to be a very frequent bloomer. The flowers have an interesting scent, and are quite beautiful. I have nothing bad to say about it, and I want to thank Rachel Colette Conroy for making this possible through her generous gift of a cutting.
Here is a photo of two unlikely tent mated: Hoya inflata and Hoya tannaensis; note the additional peduncle with opening buds. This is a plant that is going to want to flower a lot!
Here are a couple of close up photos of the flowers of Hoya tannaensis:
The flowers of Hoya tannaensis have a weak fairly pleasant fragrance to my nose. Below Hoya tannaensis showing the whole plant with and without the cache pot.
Hoya tannaensis went through three up-pottings before flowering. I started it in a 3oz clear cup, moved it to a 5oz cup and then to a 5 inch clear orchid pot. Below the buds begin to open:
I received a healthy Hoya tannaensis cutting late in the summer of 2022, which I quickly rooted in coconut husk chips. Other than a couple of leaves being slightly chlorotic, it was pretty straightforward and unproblematic. It developed a peduncle and began to bud up about one year after starting from a cutting.
Hoya tannaensis was discovered on Mount Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuato. Mount Yasur is an active volcano and is 361 Meters in elevation. It is a major Vanuato tourist destination.
Hoya tannaensis was described in 2011 by Kloppenburg and Green, but was discovered by Hermon Slade around 2002. For years it was sold under the name Hoya sp. Tanna.
Tomorrow I will begin a discussion of Hoya tannaensis; Here is a teaser photo of the blooms:
