This is a new Hoya cultivar for me and it looks like a real winner! It is covered with peduncles and Buds; much more on this one after it flowers.

Hoya lyi seems easier to flower and grow peduncles than actually being able to grow new leaves. Below you can see the peduncles full of buds mere weeks after it flowered for the first time.

I did a little googling but I can’t find out anything on Hoya BP-01; hopefully by the time it flowers I will have a little more information.

This photo was taken 8 days after the last one and you can see that the leaf moved from 1.5 inches to 4.5 inches putting on 3 inches of new growth in that short amount of time. I am guessing that that rate of growth will begin to slow down next week, but we will see!

Of all the Hoyas in the Macgillivrayi Complex, I find that H. onychoides to be the most difficult. Others may have different experiences, but that is how it has worked out for me.

I am excited to have this one flower for the 2nd time for me. It is another one that is growing in leca, but only started growing okay and flowering after putting it on a heat mat. I have found that growing in semi-hydro only works okay for me if I can keep that root zone warm enough. Otherwise, I end up with total root rot.

Since it is relatively rare to flower this species, I will take another day with it, as you never know if it will be the last time that I can pull it off.

I don’t know what else I can say about this plant other than I will be starting it over again in hopes to get a specimen growing outside of leca, which I pretty much have come to hate.

I hate it when a peduncle forms right at the top of the pot, but it is nice that this species is trying to flower for me again. This is a plant that likes to live in coconut husk, and be watered when dry. It also does far better in tap water than RO or rain water.

I started this plant over again as the roots all rotted out in leca using semi-hydro. I used two different mediums this time: Coconut Husk and Tree Fern Fiber. Both worked pretty well as long as you water very little and only give sips not complete soakings. It is very susceptible to root rot. If I had to pick the best medium, I would go with coconut chips.