Hi Floralia,
I have a Hoya Cummingiana also and I cut mine back too and it did branch in quite a few places,I'm not too sure if anyone else does this or if we are even supose to do it but I am very happy that I did.Hope this helps and I am sure there are many other people who will give you advice also.Good luck, Karen...

I have about 4 plants in this pot, I didn't trim the plants but looks full because multiple plants. I am looking for some flowers.

Nice plant! Thanks for the info folks!

Cummingiana is my least favorite of the Hoyas I grow becuase of it's growth habit. Seems like no matter what I do, it always has the "wild" look. I think it takes more sun than other Hoyas to keep the leaves close together and looking compact, and I found last summer that if it's put outside, it looks much better. But then I bring it back in in the fall and the stems get leggier and I'm not thrilled with it again. If the darned thing would just bloom for me, I might actually be more tolerant of it's disheveled appearance!

Denise in Omaha

I completely agree about the leggy growth. All winter mine has been growing really well, but with super long internodes. I like more compact growth. I thought I was doing something wrong! Thanks for letting me know it's the hoya and not me, Denise!

Gabi

kazzy33, you are lucky that your plant branched. I cut mine back to make it branch, but it only sent out another stem at the same place I cut it. I put the cut pieces in the pot to make it look fuller. To me, it's a very unmanageable hoya. It looks messy, no matter what I do to it.

ima digger...Yes you are right, I am lucky but the real reason I cut mine back as was it was loosing leaves and looking very sick so I cut of all the sick leaves and cut a few branches to re root (incase it died) and it started to branch out in quite a few places.I won't be doing it to my other Hoyas though.Karen..