I’ve kept both of these plants now for well over a decade, which is unusual for me so I would say that they are keepers!

Not much to say here other than Hoya sp. Bangkok Red is now classified as a verticillata.

Probably another first having these paired together. I’ve had oblongicutifolia now for a long time, and I must really love it as I still have it.

I love these two together!

I’ve got another week of comparison photo fun and then we will get into a couple of new species that I recently flowered.

It is so nice to get to experience these flowers again and their wonderful fragrance!

I took this photo as proof that I have brought this fairly new, much desired species, to the bud stage. I have blasted these before, so fingers crossed that they make it to maturity. I have a good feeling this time!

Both of these Hoyas are from the Philippines and have the unfortunate trait of only having flowers that are fully open for a little over a day. One the positive side, they flower almost continually which makes up for the short duration.

Here are the flowers of a plant that I received from April Mall in 2020 labeled Hoya clemensiorum, but it looked nothing like the real clemensiorum that I have kept for years, so I have taken to calling it short-leaf.

Hoya acicularis is making up for lost time and continuing to flower. Here is a new set that I caught before the corona fully reflexed: