Hoya fungii x Hoya pubicalyx RHP (Royal Hawaiian Purple) was given to me as a cutting by my friend Naomi right here in Vermont early last summer. It rooted very quickly and was up-planted twice at this point on its way to flowering.

I am now 80% sure that I have lost my buds on Hoya desvoeuxensis, which is pretty disheartening, but it does at least show me that it is theoretically possible to flower it. To help assuage my bud loss on that Holy grail Hoya is a newly discovered peduncle and developing buds on Hoya stenophylla, which was not even on my radar as a possibility of flowering. Everyone please cross your fingers on this one for me!

Hoya Patricia is growing in pure soft tree fern substrate and really seems to like it as it continually pushes out these new flowers. I actually got behind in the watering on this one, and the leaves were all limp, but after a good soaking they plumped right back up again.

When I flowered this plant the first time, I broke off 4 flowers trying to get it out of the tent to photograph it. This time I was extra careful when removing it. This plant is about as far from being floriferous as a plant can be. While it has tons of peduncles, it only manages to flower on one of them. I don’t know if I reported this last time, but the flowers on this one are among the longest lasting in the Hoya world. I got almost 3 weeks out of the last batch. I will bring this one back if I ever get it to flower again.

Sometimes I get far too impatient to get a species of Hoya to flower. I have to learn to let go of it; if you can keep the plant healthy, it will bloom in its own time.

We will take 3 days to look at the beautiful flowers on Hoya vangviengiens; it took me over five year to flower this one the first time so it is worth another look!

For an explanation on why I call this plant Hoya ‘Almost’ Paula please see my page entry for it under Hoya Cultivars. It no sooner drops its flowers before it re-buds and blooms all over again. It really is an outstanding cultivar!

I know very little about the origins of this Hoya, but its unusual leaves coupled with its short time to bring into flower makes for a winning combination. I would say that this plant is clearly worth adding to any Hoya collection.

Here is a comparison photo of the two disparate Hoya flowers:

Here is the best close-up of the flowers of Hoya BP-01: