Here are the Hoya polystachya flowers from the budded peduncles that I posted about the other day:

Hoya hahniae Yellow/Pink full on blooms from this morning:

The new growth on this H. DS-70 is really red:

A Stem of Hoya lobbii in the greenhouse yesterday:

Out of 98 seeds I had about 35% germination; Out of those plants I kept about 18, and out of those 18, here is the best plant:

That was a whole lot of work for this plant, but I’m glad that I made the effort.  I might have had more success, but this was the hottest summer in recorded history here in Vermont, and we all know that H. bella does not like the heat.

It has been a long time since I discussed my Hoya bella seedlings.  The pod took eight months to open, and then the seed took almost a month to germinate.  This plant is not known for its speedy progress.  Here is what the plants look like as of August 14th:

I’m definitely not going to be able to keep this plant any longer when the summer ends.  Shown below are the multi-peduncle strangeness that is this plant:

I saw this colorful fly on a Hoya leaf this morning and snapped a photo.

Here is the first photo of Hoya chinghungensis getting ready to put on its end of summer display.  It will be spectacular when the hundreds of peduncles open. I was going to get rid of this Hoya, because of its shear size, but may have to rethink it.

Hoya ranauensis is a very nice, easy to grow hoya with no really bad habits.  I think it would make a great plant for a beginner who wants to try a Finlaysonii type Hoya for the first time.