Those are some lovely pictures! Thanks for sharing. :)
Hoya scortechinii has now been added to my "must have" list!

Carolyn

Kelly...you have some beautiful Hoyas!

Kelly, gorgeous buds & blooms! maybe philodendron needs little fertilizer?

Nice blooms! My 'Iris Marie' has gotten large, yet no signs of blooming. I think you're mystery plant is an Alocasia.

Denise in Omaha

Carolyn-
Not sure what's going on with scortechinii- I think the flowers are suppose to totally reflex and they have not. Mike from Ontario said his lambii did this as well, so it may be a first time bloomer thing.

I've been growing hoyas for a little less than 3 years and this is the first year they've really put on a show! It's
been fun checking them every day!

Denise and Jan-
Thanks! Haven't been able to tell from pictures, do some Alocasia's have the velvet leaves? I've been so confused looking at pictures! Some look sort of waxy. Would you both say it's a feeding issue? Have to admit - I never feed the plants at my office...

Thanks for your help!

Kelly beautiful photos as usual. The macro shots of the buds are pretty neat and the Hoya fungii and bella comparison shot is very nice as well.

I am glad that your Hoya scortechinii made it all the way to bloom this time, the buds in that one look so cool. I wonder if the blooms will continue to reflex over time. My lambii flowers are only open for a short time so they just fall off when this happens but maybe you will get lucky and the scortechinii blooms will have a longer life span.

I think your mystery plant is an Alocasia as well. I have not grown many but I did have one that developed problems and it was due to a potting mix that was too wet. I know that some species like wet feet but I am not really familiar with their care so not much help.

Mike

Kelly, those are BEAUTIFUL! Very nice hoyas and blooms. Wow, you must be so excited to get a bud on your Sp. square. I'm just thrilled with my plant...but to get a bud would be awesome. Please keep us posted on its progress.

Thanks for the great pictures.

My Monstera and DH's big leaved philodendron are/were experincing yellowing on the leaf edges. Both are in old, denser potting soil. I repotted the philo in a gritty mix and plan to repot my Monstera very soon. My mix is equal parts decomposed granite, pearlite, fine pine bark mulch, and potting soil. I'll put Osmocote in the mix every few months to keep the nutrients available.

I may have to buy an Alocasia now. Yours is very beautiful despite the yellowing leaves.

Oh! And the hoyas are gorgeous too!!

You know when I repotted my office plant I just used straight potting soil out of the bag....wonder if that was a mistake... Think I'll incorporate ALL of the suggestions - loosen up the potting soil, feed the poor thing and use one of those self watering bulbs. It's a lovely plant - found it for about $3 with only 3 leaves on it at the time. I've since taken one division off of it.

Scortechinii buds are totally done now - only lasted a couple of days and never fully opened. I'm still tickled that they didn't blast!

Have since found buds on two more plants - pachyclada and multiflora! Pachyclada REALLY surprised me as I honestly thought that the peduncle was just part of the stem... Multiflora excites me because 1) it's a cutting I just got in a trade 2) I STRUGGLE with this plant...

Hoya pachyclada

Hoya multiflora

Can't wait to be able to move some of the hoyas outside!

Kelly

Kelly, the multiflora loves lots of water. They don't even mind if it gets wet feet for awhile so maybe you can increase water.

Jan

Kelly, congrats on all of the blooms...they're all so gorgeous....and you've got more right now than I've had in 2 years with hoyas!! Great growing!! Fondly, Patrick