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Hoya medinillifolia was first collected September 10,1984 by Abang Mohtar in Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Batu Laga Plat…

I’ve put this off long enough; tomorrow I will begin a very long discussion of a Hoya that was on my holy grail list o…

I had to restart this one from cuttings last year, and it was extremely slow to reestablish itself. I am so happy to …

I had heard that this species would get ‘ant leaves’ similar to H. darwinii, and H. imbricata, but it is the first tim…

It doesn’t get too much better than this flowering Hoya aff. serpens. I do notice however that the blooms do not seem…

The H. paradisea flowers literally were the thickness of tissue paper after being dried, but they still captured the f…

It took me a long time to get to it, but I finally took these flowers out of the silica, and I have to say that they d…

I have two of these large plants and now only have room for one so I threw it outside. We will see how it fares with …

If you are looking for a great little Hoya that will never take up much space, look no further than Hoya peltata! Her…

Here is another perspective showing how small the flowers of peltata are against the flowers of H. serpens. It may be …

…for the blogger. Busy days for the gardener. We’re at maximum daylight today. Maximum temperatures may still be coming…

The flowers on Hoya peltata are extremely small. For perspective here is a photo comparing the open flower to a dime …

It seemed to take forever, but finally in May of this year the first flower opened. I quickly learned that these very…

Finally the threadlike peduncles started to form a bud on the end of each one. I was very excited to see what they wer…

As the months went by and the plant grew larger I kept looking for a peduncle to appear, and I just could not spot any…

I was unfamiliar with the Fluval that it came rooted in so I moved it to coconut husk chips, and repotted in a 2 inch …

The Bay Area Hoya Group did an interview with me in early 2025 and asked me what I would like as gift for agreeing to …

The name Hoya peltata was derived from the leaves which have a characteristic peltate base. Peltate means shield-shape…

In 2017, I wrote a disgruntled review of a combination pruner and saw on the end of an extendable pole. I wasn’t happy …

Hoya peltata was described by Rodda and S. Rahayu in 2022 in The Gardens Bulletin Singapore.

Hoya peltata lives in tropical dipterocarp forest, tightly adhered to tree bark in its native locale.

Hoya peltata was first collected in November 1953 by Willem Meijer in North Kalimantan, Indonesia at low elevation.���…

Tomorrow I will start discussing Hoya peltata; for now I will leave you with a pen and ink drawing of this cute little…

This is one of the many Hoyas that I have had in the past year that developed root rot. No matter how much you deny t…

I love the foliage on this one, but once it starts flowering, it almost never grows another leaf. It does no good to …

This is the third time that I have brought one of these from cutting to flower in the last 6 years. I love the blooms…

When I moved back to southwest British Columbia (USDA Climate Zone 8) after twelve years in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Zo…

These Hoya medusa blooms may be extremely small, but they exude an insanely powerful scent that perfumes an entire gro…

This photo shows eight open flowers on one peduncle the most that I will probably ever have. Here is that photo for p…

When I pulled my giant log out of its terrarium, I was taken aback to discover flowers on my tiny little Hoya undulata…

There has not been too much excitement to report on my giant Hoya mount that is maintained in near 100% humidity, but …

This is the only form of Hoya serpens that I have found that will flower under constant day length in a grow tent. It…

Hoya sp. EPC 209 is truly one of my favorite Hoyas of all time. They have huge leaves like the Hoya latifolia group bu…