Hoya Bella Luis Bois

I received this inner variegated form of Hoya Bella called ‘Luis Bois’ over the summer, and it has been much more difficult than the outer variegated form called Anneke Bois. I recently had to start it over because of root rot, but it did bring the plant into flower.

More On Hoya sp. MT-02

Finally after spraying this plant with sulfur, it began to grow in earnest once again. The plant now is growing in coconut husk mixed with large perlite and is almost 3 feet high. This is one of those Hoyas that will not bloom as a small plant, and it smells powerfully of caramel.

Hoya sp. MT-02 Lives To Flower Again

I have not been able to flower this one for 3-4 years so we will celebrate it for a couple of days. It took me five years to flower it the first time, and after pulled that off, the plant went downhill and I had to restart it. I had the darndest time trying to get it to take off and thrive for me again, and I believe that this was one of the plants that I had that was badly effected by flat mites. Below the flower just beginning to open: