The flowers of Hoya vangiengiensis are among the longest lasting Hoya blooms that I have found so it allows me to pair them with lots of other plants. These flowers are a study in contrasts: The blooms of Hoya sp. UT-247 last for one day and the blooms of H. vangviengiensis last for 3 weeks!
Hoya sp. UT-247 is the typical Philippine Hoya of this type whose flowers only are fully opened for a day, but they are so beautiful that it is hard to complain too much!
I always like to compare the flowers of Hoya patella with other Hoyas. H. patella generally dwarfs most of them as you can see here:
Much more on Hoya sp. aff. thomsonii in a couple of weeks, but for now here are the flowers meeting with Hoya sp. UT-038 Flores Island:
These two Hoyas look really good together!
Hoya sp. UT-038 Flores Island was all gone except for a very tiny cutting which thankfully I was able to re-root in the fall. It has now flowered for the first time.
Hoya sp. EPC-209 has always been one of my favorite Hoyas and I was sad that I lost the plant a couple of years ago, but happily my friend Naomi gave me a cutting last year. It quickly rooted in coconut husk and has now flowered for the first time.
Playing around with the effects that can be applied using my photo processing software and found this oil painting effect. This is another very small rooted cutting that decided to bloom with a few flowers.
I recently chopped Hoya sp. EPC-610 aff. acuta up into cuttings, because of root rot, and started it over. A number of those very tiny 2 and 3 leaved plants produced peduncles and have now flowered. Sometimes if you really want to flower something, the best thing you can do is to start it over! This is a great plant with a fantastic fragrance.
This is a Hoya cultivar that gets my absolute highest recommendation for its outstanding foliage, very early first blooms, and ease of care. I really can’t say anything bad about this one; simply everyone should have it in their collection!
