Here is a nice flower comparison photo between these two plants showing that the flowers are roughly the same size.

I was also not expecting the flowers to have a scent, but in fact they have a lovely sweet fragrance!

In less than two months after receiving my little plant a bud opened for the first time, and I was completely in love with the flower. I was not expecting the large size of the flower and the really cool pubescence of the corolla.

Sadly the buds that came on my newly acquired plant blasted before they could open. It did not however take long before the buds were replaced with others.

I received Hoya acuminata as a nicely rooted plant that actually came to me in bud this summer (2026). This plant was not even on my radar before receiving it. I knew nothing about it, and was excited to give it a try!

Hoya acuminata is part of the Hoya albiflora complex (Section Pterostelma). Its flowering season in the wild is reported to be from May through August. It is found between 600 and 1600m in elevation growing on tree trunks and branches in subtropical to tropical conditions in montane forests.

Acuminate means tapering gradually to abruptly from inwardly curved sides to a narrow point, referring to the corolla lobes.

Christine Burton discusses early collections and taxonomy in PS-TheHoyan Volume 7 No.3 (2009). Nice species description from Bhutan, where it is described as “Epiphytic on trees and mossy rocks in dense moist forests, 1600m.”

Hoya acuminata is endemic to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India (Khasia Mts. In Meghalaya, Nagaland), Myanmar, and Vietnam.

Hoya acuminata was originally described as Pterostelma acuminata by Robert Wight in 1834 based on Nathaniel Wallich specimen Asclep. n. 129. (no date, 1834 or earlier). [Thanks to Mary Carroll for all botanical information].