This plant has put on such an amazing floral display this year.

I grabbed these two umbels and took a quick photo this morning. The entire plant is covered with flowers right now, and to think that I struggled for a number of years to bring this one into flower.

I showed you the flowers the other day; here is the entire plant. It is the only plant in my collection that came directly to me from Ted Green.

I truly love this plant; it gets these large, gorgeous leaves, flowers with scented flowers in the spring, and lives happily enough right on the windowsill. Here it is from this morning:

I didn’t used to care for the smell that the flowers put out on this one, but I think that its kind of grown on me. I quite like it now.

I will have many more photos to come of what should be a spectacular flowering specimen of this H. serpens look alike. For now here is a quick shot photo of the first to open flowers of 2025:

Hoya stenaokei just won’t stop blooming no matter what I do. I’m wondering if this kind of continual flowering happens in nature or the grow lights just mess it up its cycle. As far as I can tell, it does not seem to be hurting the plant.

This Hoya that came to me as Hoya sp. Sarawak Pink is obviously a latifolia. These latifolia have the most annoying characteristics making them tough to recommend as houseplants. They develop dozens of peduncles that drip nectar even when the plant is in the bud stage. Even some new vines can drip nectar. It does no good to cut the peduncles off, because for every one that you cut off, three or more new ones for to take their place. Here is a photo of a few it this plants explosion of peduncles.

Hoya onychoides shows no signs of slowing down it flowering. Here is a quick photo from this morning:

I have never fooled around much with Eriostemma Section Hoya as I never felt that I had the conditions to grow them very well. My good friend Mary Carroll sent me a couple of cuttings of Eriostemma ciliata, which used to be called Hoya ciliata. She managed to flower hers after about 15 years in household conditions. There will be much to discuss about this plant in the future, but look what I found today on the plant, developing buds on one of several peduncles.