Sometimes it seems to me that I don’t have much flowering going on, but on closer examination, in fact, I have more than I thought. Over the next few days we will look at what is flowering now with a series of photos comparing the blooms of H. apoda with other Hoyas currently in flower. Here is H. apoda with Hoya Paula ‘Almost’.

I recently started H. manipurensis over, and this is another plant that I believe was strongly hobbled from flat mites. After spraying with sulfur, I am being rewarded with tons of new growth and flowers. The new growth can be differentiated from the older growth from the lack of sulfur residue on the leaves.

Hoya buntokensis flowers every two months or so. It is usually low on the plant which does not lend itself to a very good photos. I see that the breeders and growers in Thailand have just come out with a variegated or splash version of this plant, which is selling for well over $1,000. I will stick with the original version! Note the white spots on this plant are sulfur splash, which was achieved for free!

There are many different flower color clones of Hoya hanhiae; Yellow/Pink is my favorite. It is currently flowering in a basement grow tent.

I recently up-potted Hoya danumensis, between that and spraying the plant with sulfur, it seems to have helped it bring its buds to term. In the past, I have had almost constant bud drop.

I hope to bring this plant back in the future when I have had the chance to grow it for more than a few months. Right now I would have to rank it pretty high for both its beauty as a foliage plant and its ability to flower quickly right out of the gate!

These plants just happened to be flowering at the same time:

I can find very little online on the origins of this plant; the best I can come up with is that it hails from Rangsang, Indonesia. There is a movement right now in the Hoya world to lump many previously separate species into single species with different clones dependent on locations and the like. I suspect that Hoya sp. Rangsan will be lumped in with Hoya latifolia. The flowers are identical to the flowers of macrophylla and polystachya, which are now all called Hoya latifolia.

Hoya sp. Rangsan is primarily grown for its splashy leaves. My leaves would look a lot nicer if I hadn’t sprayed the entire plant with sulfur as a preventative against the dreaded flat mite!

Hoya sp. Rangsan flowered for the first time only four months after starting it from a cutting. So if you are looking for a quick bloomer this one would definitely fit the bill!