What is even more remarkable is that it does this in with no artificial aids living in a window.

With every passing day, I am getting more confident that I will finally get this species to flower. If it happens, It will likely go down as my biggest accomplishment in growing Hoyas for 2026.

I needed to restart this one because cold and wet let to root rot. Also I wanted to get a fuller plant and try it in a hanging basket instead of growing it trellised. One week in the prop box and it was engulfed in flowers.

Today I end my discussion of Hoya solaniflora. This fragrant, blue-flowered, beauty gets my highest recommendation for those Hoya keepers that are up for a challenge. It is definitely not a beginner plant, but will reward those with enough patience to nurse it through until it blooms. Once again a big thanks to Julie Kennedy for giving me the opportunity to try this Hoya!

Two fragrant PNG beauties in the hand!

I love these two together!

The title says everything that needs saying here.

I will now show a few Hoya flower comparison photos. Here is the first featuring a floriferous Hoya pulleana:

I did not realize until flowering it, that it is not the easiest Hoya to grow or to bloom judging from what I have read online. I believe that this is a Hoya that needs to be grown cool as it is a highland species. Other people who have bloomed it also grew it in cool conditions. My plant grew completely artificially in a tent under grow lights. The temperatures ranged from a high of 73 F to a low of 55 F. It has been flowering now nonstop for over 2 months under those conditions.

I have been trying to find a Hoya flower that has shades of blue for years now. I have spent an incredible amount of time trying to flower Hoya medinillifolia, because it was supposedly the only blue flowered Hoya. That will be a story for another time, but for now. Hoya solaniflora holds the honor of the blooms with the most bluish/purple coloration that I have seen to date. As a side note, the flowers are very fragrant in a very pleasing way.