Congrats!! looks beautiful!

That is just lovely Pug!!! And quick!!! Congratulations!!! Can't wait to hear what it smells like. Mine just started taking off about two months ago (max). Wasn't expecting it to bloom this year, but it just might seeing that yours has bloomed from a rooted cutting of less than a year old. I did get mine from Gardino's as a small plant, so that may be favorable as well. I know Florida weather is hoya heaven, I mean, just look at the gorgeous red coloring of your hoya leaves!!! Maybe all of us hoya lovers will migrate to Florida when we retire ;)

~Tish~

Thanks Jan and Tish!

Tish, I was very surprised mine bloom so quickly too...I bet yours will bloom this year. Thanks for the nice comments on my hoyas. We have plenty of room and lots of homes for sale, we would love for you guys to come on down. Florida can always use more hoya lovers,lol...

As far as scent goes (my allergies are acting up) I had to put my nose right up to it. It has a nice fragrance that I can't quite describe, but very pleasant...mild not over powering. I will see early morning if its any stronger?

My moteskei opened today...I was a little disappointed in the color. I was really hoping it was going to be white like the pictures I've seen here and on the other hoya sights. Even the person I received these cuttings from had white blooms on the mother plant...very strange. I wonder why mine is pink? This also happened to me on my H. obovata...others blooms white but mine was pink. I'm sure it has something to do with my growing conditions...but don't know what it could be?

Hoya moteskei...Very first buds for me.

Also I read that this one is suppose to smell like chocolate...I def. didn't that scent when I smelled it. Its got a very nice clean fragrance but to me def. not chocolate, I should know I'm a chocoholic,lol..I guess it goes to show that smell is subjective.

Did you grow them in the house with cool temperature?
Try it with warmer temperature.
I have the same experience with other plant, the color get darker with cooler temperature.
Your plants so beautiful.
sue

Those Hoya pachyclada blooms look like they were carved from ivory, plain in colour but still very beautiful.
I know that bright sunlight can cause some flower buds to get a pinkish blush. I have see what Sue is describing with some of my orchids, if my Brassavola cucullata blooms when it is cool it has beautiful colours accenting the flowers but when it's warm it is plain white.

Mike

Wow! If my plant looked like that I wouldn't care what color it was or what it smelled like!! It's gorgeous...and I agree that scent is subjective...my "fuzzy" carnosa recently bloomed and I thought it smelled like spiced banana..yummy, but definitely not chocolate...

SR

So beautiful Pug!!! Your going to have one peduncle of flowers bloom after the other!!! Congrats!!!

~Tish~

Thanks so much!

Sue, I grow this one inside in my FL room...our winter was very cold and that room is colder than the rest of the house, but during the day it gets very warm(south) windows.

Mike, since its on the south window, it did get direct sun a few hours a day...its growing appx. a few inches from the window.

Sberg, thank you...I'm really not complaining, lol...just a little disappointed because I've never had a big white bloom on any hoyas before and always wanted to see it in person. It looks so much like my KP and KQ blooms, I was hoping to see something a little different. But, still very happy to see the blooms for sure.

Tish, I guess its making up for it...I've been waiting for blooms for almost two years!

Congrats, Pug!

I know how impatient it is waiting for blooms but both plants are beautiful! I have my motoskei in a hanging pot and it has peduncles but no signs of blooms. My Red Buttons is budding up, so I share your excitement! Your motoskei looks very happy!

Brad AKA Moonwolf

That is a gorgeous plant!! congrats on all your buds & flowers.

Jan

Thank you Brad and Jan!

Brad, it is hard to be patient when you're waiting on something you really want,lol...Good luck with your blooming soon.

Thank you, Pug!

Where did you get your motoskei? Gardino's?

Brad AKA Moonwolf

No, I got it on a trade from a nice member here...(few un-rooted) cuttings two years ago the end of May.