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I have started this plant over so many times over the 18 years that I have owned it, that I have lost count. Here it is…

Hoya macgillivrayi is really the Hoya that made me the addicted, Hoya obsessive, person that I am today. This is a Hoya…

Here are the latest blooms with a record for me of 10 Flowers on one peduncle. I would like to start this plant over be…

After taking the winter off, the Mike Bernardo Hybrid, Raspberry Sun has begun flowering again on the windowsill comple…

I’m going to come back to this plant in a few days, but for now here are a couple of photos snatched this morning of Ho…

Hoya benchaii took a few months off from flowering, but has now decided to start up again. From this morning:

I know that I just showed this one off the other day, but when 2 peduncle open right next to each other at the same tim…

I received this plant as Hoya sp. EPC-610 Aff. Acuta, but all of the Hoyas that were formally known as acuta and amoena…

If you are looking for an easy care Hoya that will never stop blooming in the spring and summer look no further than Ho…

If you look really carefully, you can see three different stages of buds on the same peduncle.

I started this plant over last Fall, and I am already starting to see the flowers. Once this one gets started, it will …

Most readers have at least a few books they can turn to when in need of comfort and reassurance. I’m sure these are as …

Hoya medusa has some positives; first it has lovely red new growth, and second the extremely small flowers, which are o…

Hoya medusa might be best grown as a hanging plant, then it would be easier to observe the flowers. Below is my very sm…

I had no idea that the flowers on this Hoya would be so small. They are less than a 1/4 inch across. Below I took one o…

After growing the plant for a few months it sent up a second vine from its base, which always makes me happy. At every …

Hoya medusa is a slow growing shrubby type Hoya. Its best feature is that all of the new growth comes in beautifully re…

I received a cutting of Hoya medusa from the wonderful people (Adam, Lydia, and Jessi) from the podcast Lets Talk Hoyas…

Hoya medusa gets its name from “the serpentine processes of the inner corona reminiscent of the snake headdress of Medu…

Because we lost our dog at the beginning of April, I didn’t manage to put together this post until now. There was quite…

The following information was taken from “ Hoya medusa M.D. De Leon, Cabactulan, Cuerdo, & Rodda in Pelser, P.B., J…

“Hoya medusa was collected by local collectors in Luzon Island, Mt. Cetaceo and has been in cultivation, circulated by …

Tomorrow I will begin talking about another first-time bloomer for me Hoya medusa. For now here is a teaser photo of th…

This plant is living on a mostly north windowsill with no artificial aids, and the increasing day length has produced i…

While my plant looks pretty horrible, I felt it was important to show that not every Hoya that comes into my collection…

Here are a couple of close-ups of the flowers of Hoya sp. aff. solaniflora (species Unknown):

The flowers while small look quite beautiful. I could not detect a scent as of this posting.

I could not even wait for the buds to open before spraying the entire plant with sulfur. I began thinking that possible…

Our Newfoundland dog, Nelly, died peacefully at home on April 3rd. She has been a friend and companion since she joined…

I used the same coco husk substrate with all of my plants and nothing has ever looked as bad as the leaves on Hoya Spec…

I received this Hoya as a small plant from Julie Kennedy in May of 2024. None of the plants in that shipment arrived in…

I’m going to get the pain out of the way right off and show you a plant that ordinarily I would never reveal to the wor…

There are a number of Philippine Hoyas similar to Hoya sp. Surigao Del Sur, but none of them surpass the beauty of the …