Lisa soon flowered in splendiferous profusion!

Immediately after introducing Hoya australis ‘Lisa’ to a 12 hour light cycle, it began to bud up on four different peduncles. The buds grew very quickly!

Lisa put on a number of peduncles through the late fall of 2020, but time after time the buds would dry up and fall off. I simply could not figure it out, but came up with a hypothesis that maybe the day length of my lighting cycle was too long for it to bud up. I use about a 15 hour light cycle in my basement because it helps to heat the tent for more hours in the day. I works out well for most plant but not all. I moved the plant to my only upstairs tent with a 12 hour daylength.

The summer of 2020 was not a good one for Lisa. She ceased growing altogether, and I feared that I had rotted the roots and would have to start the plant over. I brought the plant back inside from the greenhouse in September, and miraculously it started growing quite vigorously.

I was thrilled with getting a peduncle in the early spring of 2020, but the tiny buds quickly aborted and I could not fathom why.

It was not long before I move the plant up to a four inch net pot and had to insert a metal hoop to use as a trellis. The plant continued to grow well and the next up-potting, I decided to sing the entire net pot into a six inch regular pot rather than risk upsetting the roots.

I started out with this plant, which came rooted in coconut husk, by putting it into a 3 inch net pot so I could be careful and more attuned with its watering needs.

I was afraid that I was going to lose this one for a while, and is a good reminder to not sell off too much of a plant when taking cuttings. I treasure Hoya griffithii for its flowers and growth habit. It will grow and flower under very cool conditions; this one is living in a place that does not get over 65 degrees F during the day and 57F at night.

Both flowering at the same time, so what the heck: