I had to make a decision on how to grow the plant after it arrived. It was rooted in coconut husk, and I opted to go with leca using the semi or passive hydro method of growing it. The only reason I chose that method was that I had killed Hoya undulata growing it in normal mixes. After a month, it still had not died so I felt maybe I had a chance at keeping it alive for a while!

Mandy Lin who is a fantastic grower in California sent me a different clone of Hoya undulata which I did not know existed prior to her telling me about it. I suffered so much trying to grow this plant that I was not even that excited to receive it, thinking that I would probably kill it.

I have a strong feeling that there is root rot once again in Hoya sp. aff. clemensiorum, but I just don’t have it in me to deal with it right now! I have started this plant over so many times that I have lost count! Here are the buds from this morning:

What Hoya Rebecca does best is flower, and it seems quite happy outdoors this summer. Here are the flowers from this morning:

This Hoya has a powerfully sweet scent, and it is a real pleasure to go into the greenhouse and smell it right now!

I’ll be honest; this plant does not seem to grow nearly as well for me as it did in the past, but I very happy to find these flowers this morning!

I am thrilled about getting this H. undulata clone into bud as Hoya undulata has been my nemesis since I got my first specimen 5 or 6 years ago. I want to thank Mandy Lin for giving me this clone last year, which was a phenomenally nice thing to do! Here are the buds this morning and much more after the flowers open!

A couple of years ago I got annoyed at the nectar mess that Hoya sp. AH-014 made when the flowers were open so I cut off all of the peduncles; that was a mistake! It did not produce another peduncle for a very long time, but finally it has and is currently flowering with another set of buds coming right behind this batch of flowers. I will not be cutting off any more peduncles!

There is no Hoya that I own that I have more request for than Hoya lithophytica. I get asked almost on a daily basis if I have any to sell and have been told that I am the only source for it in the U.S. I find that hard to believe as I have sold a lot of it over the years and others must have it available as well. Here are flower photos from this morning:

When Hoya chinghungensis Decides to flower, it really decides to flower. There is no Hoya that is capable of putting on as many flowers per square inch as Hoya chinghungensis!