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Here is Hoya cupula before I have to restart it, because of a desperate need to up-pot it. I think that I want to try i…

Hoya-yvesrocheri meets the former Hoya pubicalyx ‘Pink Dragon’.

Both flowering at the same time, so what the heck.

These flowers seem to have little in common other than they are both pink!

The flowers stayed open for around four days and had no detectable scent.

Finally tiring of waiting months for this plant to bud up, I was forced to monkey around with its day length cycle, and…

Hoya-yvesrocheri was never a great grower, and by that I mean that it has a tendency to have leaves yellow and fall off…

I received Hoya-yvesrocheri as a very small rooted cutting that was growing in pon in October of 2021. It was part of a…

Having grown both of these plants for well over two years now, here are the differences from a hobbyist. The flowers on…

Hoya yvesrocheri Was Name For The Yves Rocher Foundation, which sponsored a lot of Nathalie Simonsson’s work from 2011-…

Nathalie Simonsson observed this Hoya once on fallen tree on very sharp ridge in primary rainforest in Bula, Morobe Pro…

Hoya yvesrocheri was collected first by A.N.Millar in PNG, Morobe Province, Wagau at 4200 ft [c. 1280 m]. It was found …

Hoya yvesrocheri was first collected in Papua New Guinea, June 11, 1964.

Just when I think that it can’t get any better with this one, it has produced 13 peduncles full of flowers. The plant i…

Two plants that normally bloom in spring have produced single flowers in August. I have no idea why, but since the flow…

This Hoya flowers so much now that I am forced to cut many of the blooms off as it drips nectar like water on everythin…

This plant has three peduncles now, and like many Hoyas, it has stopped adding new foliage, and continuously flowers.��…

What do you do when a plant has reached a size that is no longer manageable, and you are tired of cleaning up the mess …

Over the winter my Hoya desvoeuxensis developed some root issues. I did not want to lose this plant at any cost so I ch…

These flowers just opened this morning, so they are as fresh as can be.

Hoya danumensis has been flowering for weeks now on the windowsill, and I decided to move it outside for the rest of th…

I will never be able to duplicate this plant again so I have to make the most of it and take as many photos as possible…

No real topic today. No argument or points to be made. Just a few photos of what’s blooming right now. Click on photos …

I find that with very large Hoyas, it is very difficult for me to convey the size of the plant in a photograph. It is a…

Bluebird’s blog is always worth a visit, but I had to reblog this one!

I have continuously cultivated Hoya patella now for around 14 years now. According to the data that is recorded with ev…

There are currently four open peduncles full of flowers on this relatively tiny plant. Here is a hand full of the bloom…

Before I flowered this plant last year, I waited nine years in between flowerings. It now flowers profusely, and easily…

I love this Hoya and for anyone who struggles growing the regular Hoya serpens, I strongly urge you to give this much e…

Both plants flowering at the same time so what the heck?

The photo says it all!

This recent post by author Damyanti Biswas describes two different types of reading experience. It’s interesting, and a…

Here are a couple close ups of the flowers of Hoya aff. serpens (Xiaojie 001):

Xiaojie means Miss, or young lady in China, but it has apparently fallen out of favor, and depending on where you use i…

The top photo is Hoya aff. serpens (Xiaojie 001) and the bottom photo is of the regular Hoya serpens that has been in t…