Hoya MB 1247 came to me as a cutting from a very nice and knowledgeable grower from Michigan in mid to late 2022. All I knew about it was that it was a Mike Bernardo cross between Hoya erythrostemma and Hoya erythrina. It quickly rooted and grew well enough for the next several months. It budded up and flowered for me for the first time in November of 2023.

I flowered both of these hybrids some time ago, but never made the time to get them posted to this site. It is time to remedy that situation now. We will start with Hoya MB 1247 (H. erythrostemma X H. erythrina). Below an early photo of the entire plant:

I wish that I had the ability to hybridize as these two would probably make good candidates.

These two are flowering at the same time so here is a new flower comparison photo.

I don’t think that I have featured these two flowers before, so here you go:

I’ve been trying to figure out how to flower this one since it got its first peduncle over a year and a half ago. I finally cracked the code; it is now covered in buds. Much more about the secret in actually getting it to bud up at a later date. For now, here are a few of the buds:

This plant is so darned beautiful that I may have to take even more photos before this floral display fades away.

I think this may be the most beautiful floral display that I have had from Hoya calycina ‘Stargazer’. I know it is the nicest one that I have ever had in a specimen grown under lights in a grow tent. By shortening its photo period from 14 hours to 12, it brought on this amazing display.

This is a very fragrant species that is now classified as Hoya verticillata. It is dripping some nectar that I will have to wipe up.

Here is a plant that I thought that I would never flower, and now it blooms regularly just sitting on a windowsill in the regular house is ambient conditions. Sometimes a plant just has to get old enough to want to flower.