Beautiful!!

Sandi

I love the fushia against the pure white. Makes me want to get another bella...

Denise in Omaha

I love this one too - I want the variegated bella.

Great photo!

We haven't necessarily had a lot of heat to date (though it is 80 today and expected to be 88 tomorrow!) but my Bella is blooming too, and for the first time!

I'd love to get ahold of that variegated bella, too, ines....I've heard it's difficult, though I've heard some people have trouble w/ plain bella too....it's been a carefree plant for me, I'm happy to report!

Hi Nan,

Congrats, on yr. 1st Bella blooms, wooo-hooo, they really are gorgeous. I never did great w/ Bella (had it for a yr. or 2) & was given a variegated one by a friend/Hoya mentor, that was even more difficult. Of the 3 or 4 people I knew who tried varieg. Bella, we ALL had it fail, so frustrating. Sidenote: the varieg. on that is palest yellow outer leaf margins (not white), still interesting looking (I think I heard it liked quite moist & I'd tried to grow it in a open terrarium).

Here's wishing you all better luck w/ it & thx all for these exquisitely beautiful bloom pix!

(Tammiep, what's OC pls., would that be Orange County?)

PirateGirl,

Yup, I live in Orange County. :o)

I got both of my bellas recently from a vendor in Germany who sells on Ebay. The plain one I've had for a few more weeks than the albomarginate form, but both rooted fairly well for me. The albomarginate form has just made the transition from rooting medium to normal medium, so is still in my "special care" area - i.e. on the heat mat! But look, they're both budding up, so I hope to see some flowers in the next month... we will see! My original plan was to put the two together to save space, but then I figured the plain version would just take over, so they'll just have to stay seperate...
You can spot quite how crowded my windowsill is now - must stop buying hoyas, yes really!

I have 19-20 hoyas to my collection. Most are cuttings. I'm expecting a few more this week.

TammyPie