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Here is RP-013 after being thoroughly sprayed with sulfur. Still doesn’t look too bad; I guess…

I remember the last time I treated my plants with a sulfur spray Hoya latifolia (formerly polystachya) was one of the H…

Here is Stargazer with its second flush of flowers in a couple of months. I wish this plant was not such a difficult sp…

I didn’t think this one would do as well as it did living in a darkish window for a few months. I just moved it back do…

I thought that I would take a few photos of some bigger plants before I sprayed them all with sulfur. I am spraying all…

The first time that I grew Hoya tsangii, I grew it trellised. It is a Hoya that is far better displayed and happier I t…

Funny thing; right after taking all of my photos of my massively flowered specimen, I had to start it over because of r…

I am intensely interested in the process of reading, in part because I have spent so much of my life doing it, but more…

Here is a photo showing both of these cool weather loving Hoyas hanging out together.

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

I love these two flowers together!

The title says it all!

Finally at the end of December Hoya obcordata flowered for the first time. The flowers were not fully open when I snapp…

My little plant grew exceptionally well, and got up-potted a couple of times and ended up in a 4 inch clear orchid pot.…

Although Hoya obcordata was discovered way back in 1849, it has only within the last few years come back into the plant…

I’ve been aware of Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) since I first read his excellent story “The Willows,” when I was twel…

A recent paper (November 2025) published in the Singapore Garden Bulletin, Hoya obcordata is now considered a synonym o…

Name means heart-shaped leaf tip (ob means “reversed shape” and cordate means heart-shaped. Leaves are heart-shaped wit…

This species was found between 1219 and 1829 meters in a tropical montane forest. This makes it a plant that does well …

Hoya obcordata was discovered by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1849 in Sikkim, India. Sikkim is the least populous and second…

Tomorrow I will begin talking about Hoya obcordata, but for now I will leave you with a teaser of the flowers of this b…

I have to try something new every once in a while to keep me interested in this hobby. I dug out my old aquarium log, w…

I added these flowers to the silica the very morning they opened. I will report back with the results in a couple of we…

Here is a photo of the newest Hoya flowers that I dried using silica gel. They actually came out much nicer than this p…

This Hoya that I purchased from the late David Liddle as Hoya polystachya is now known as H. latifolia. This is a plant…

I mainly keep this Hoya around for the beautiful splash of color that it brings to the inside of my basement grow tent.…

Irises are among the garden plants considered of little to no interest to deer. I have a number of different kinds and …

Today is the final entry in my ten days of Hoya merchandise. You can have any of you photos of Hoya flowers turned into…

A cool metal sign of a Hoya postage stamp. I’m not 100% sure this was an actual stamp, but I think it might have been. …

Hoya botanical art prints by two contemporary artists, Eunike Nugroho from Indonesia, and Cynthia Bauzon-Arre from the …

Here is an botanical print wall applique of Hoya carnosa that I have had for a number of years; I love it and have no i…