Hoya pulleana From PNG

I imported a few Hoyas this year from Indonesia, and I believe one of them to be Hoya pulleana, which is newly described by Rodda and Simonsson. This plant has grown wildly well for me, and has numerous peduncles, but thus far has shown no inclination to bud up. It looks like it will be one of those that will take me a fair amount of time to figure out.

Hoya flavida Has Never Looked So Good

It took me years to flower this one, and for most of that time this plant never looked all that great. I now attribute most of my difficulties in growing it to those @#$%# flat mites! The plant actually looks very pleasing to the eye when it is healthy!

Hoya sp. UT-247 In Its Full Glory

I recently washed off all of the sulfur that I applied to my Hoyas to combat the nasty flat mite infestation. I got shamed back into reapplying it as an extra precaution to kill anything that might have hatched from an egg after the first application. Before messing up my beautiful plants with all that white residue, I decided to take a few photos of some of the best ones. Here is plant number one: Hoya sp. UT-247 covered in buds.

Hoya patella Has Two Sets Of Twins

It is fairly unusual to get two buds on one peduncle on Hoya patella, but in this case I have it happening in two places on this new plant. Hoya patella is one of the Hoyas that had been badly affected by flat mites over the last few years. It caused many leaves to yellow and look terrible. At the time, I just thought it was something that I was doing wrong, but it was this invisible menace wreaking havoc.

Hoya cutis-porcelana Is A Flowering Machine

I stopped growing Hoya cutis-porcelana in leca, and started it over in coconut husk chips with a little added perlite. It seems to like growing this way even better than the leca. Here are 3 peduncles full of flowers: there are more, but I could not get them into the photo.

Hoya deykeae Flowers Not All That Impressive

Hoya deykeae flowers are not that impressive, but its what I have flowering at the moment, so here it is from this morning. Note the sulfur residue on the back of the leaves. The plant has been growing nicer leaves since the spraying.