The grower Exotic Angel calls it "Bilobata". But according to many sources, this was a mislabel. This is called hoya Burtonaie aff.

It's a wonderful and easy to grow hoya. It also blooms readily. Enjoy!

Popmomma— thank you! I got this plant at Kroger grocery (dont know if you have that store where you live) for $12.99! I know enough about hoyas to know that is a steal! Its about 8” diameter and some stems about a foot long. I wasnt planning to buy another plant but its really pretty and lush looking. I hope I can keep it that way, LOL. My only other hoya, a wayetii, was about this size when I bought it at Lowes about 5 yrs ago, but it got first scale, which Im happy to say has been eradicated w/ neem oil, then Im guessing some sort of caterpillar, which munched perfectly paper hole-punch sized holes in a buncj of its leaves, seemingly overnight. Like I watered it one day, then wdnt out to check on it about 5 days later and saw all the holes! its been down to one stem and about 15 or so leaves for the last 2-3 yrs now, though it did grow 3-4 new leaves last summer. I read Wayettiis are slow growers but WTH!! It looks really good though, whats left of it so I am thankful for that. Wayettis are my favorite, so maybe before Im 85 yrs old it’ll return to the big full plant it was when I forst got it! 😄 Hey if we cant find at least SOME humor in life’s curveballs, then it makes for a very dismal ride!.

Here is the lil’ survivor- the wayetti w/ the sheer will to live! 😄

My local greenhouse, which sells alot of otherwise hard to find plants, sells wayettiis and kentianas this same size for about $40. I think thats in line w/ what most other greenhouses sell hoyas for. Rather than buy another one to fill this one out more, Id like try to get this one to grow more and fill itself back out.

I have one like the first one, also labeled bilobata. It blooms like crazy in the fall. This pic was after it came inside, in November.

Tiffany thank you- thats awesome! There are lots of stems on mine so Im hopeful it may bloom soon. I think mine is a bilobata, rather than burtoniae. Info I read on burtoniae says they have velvety leaves and mine has waxy leaves.

My leaves are waxy. I can't attest to the ID, not a Hoya person so just reporting what the label on mine said. Being a Costa Farms houseplant, the label is automatically suspicious, going back to the days when the houseplant division was the Exotic Angel company. Great plants in fun starter sizes but known for multiple instances of botching the labels. That never bothered me, I don't buy names, I buy plants that have a pleasing appearance to me, but I have had some interesting adventures trying to confirm or alternatively ID more than a few of their plants over the years.

If your plant has some direct sun and regular doses of fert, it looks big enough to bloom to me. Does the hanging arm thing have a swivel at the bottom of the hook? Looks like the same pot as mine. I've never repotted mine.

Tiffany,

Yes it has a swivel hook, always nice when tgey include that.

I only care about correct plant names so that I can give them the right care. Beginias, for example, I dont care as much about the name b/c I treat them all pretty much the same as violets (which is funny b/c I suck at violets but not too bad w/ begonias). 🤷‍♀️ Like you, name or not, I buy it if I like the way it looks.

I plan to repot this one into 511 as soon as I can and may not even wait till Father’s Day b/c it was pretty wet when I bought it and still fairly damp 3 wks later. Thats no bueno and I dont want it to rot on me and die. Today, I moved it from the basement upstairs to the tropical room wheee the humidity’s a bit higher at right around 50% and theres a ceiling fan constantly running on low for good air circulation.

I also whacked a bunch of leggy tropicals down today, like shrimp plant, crotons and my red ag. I just stick the cut stems back down in the pot and hope most will root to make it bushy again. My two giant crotons took a pretty goid hit w/ leaf loss this year when I brought them inside, despite overwintering in front of a double sourh facing window. Theres baseboard heaters under all the good windows here, which means I have to water more often to keep everyone from getting bone dry. Would be nice to have central heat/AC w/ all the vents for it up in the ceiling or in an out of the way location (i.e., not under any windows). I try to keep heat around 60 in the tropicals room and our bedroom where my tropical succs are but my boyfriend comes along and turns it up to 70. Needless to say, we’ve been having heater wars this winter, as usual. 😄

Whichever mine is, I noticed the first buds yesterday.

Rebecca, I was always planning to repot that Hoya "tomorrow" but because of the latex sap, I always found a reason to put it off - mostly telling myself, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." By now, whatever soil used to be in the pot is gone. It always feels like it weighs nothing. I can water every day for a week and it never "gains weight." I've added some soil to the top a few times over the years but it doesn't last long. I think curiosity will overcome me this year to try to at least pull it up to get a peek and maybe put some soil in the bottom. Good luck with yours!

And good luck with your cuttings, Hoa!

Tiffany- Ive had the plant 3 wks now, havent watered it once but soil is still wet. They mustv’ve watered it at the store before I bought it. At this point, Im worried it’ll get root rot. I know its not the issal time for a repot but Im seriously considering it because Im so worried for the plant’s health. I dont see any yellow leaves but did see some dead ones laying under it yesterday, 2 or 3. They look thin & deflated, rather than plump. What do you think?

3 weeks is a long tine for soil to stay moist. Is the pot heavy?

Yes. I just checked it again- the soil isnt completely soaked like when I first got it, buts its still on the wer side of damp.

I put some Rhipsalis in the drain holes of mine's pot. To use the moisture down there, and to more easily enable excess water to drip out.

The drip tray on these planters is removable. Set the pot flat in your hand and twist the tray counter-clockwise and it will come off. Remove the tray, hang the plant in a sunny warm place for a few days and it should dry out.

When I water mine, I remove that tray and water all the way through in the sink. Let it drip in there until no more dripping, then replace tray and rehang. I only water mine about once a month.

I forgot about the probable attached drip tray. I remove those immediately. Then inspect the drain holes. The pot in the 1st pic looks like mine, which has several drain holes on the bottom surface of the pot. Some of the bigger pots have drain holes that are not on the bottom of the pot and can hold about ½" of water. Those pots need drain holes added to the bottom surface.

The interval at which more water is needed will depend on a lot of things, temp, exposure, ambient humidity, roots to soil ratio, air movement, leaf mass, and probably other things. After about 5 yrs, mine was not holding any water and felt lighter than air. I repotted it a few days ago & there was barely any bits of soil left.

Ah yes- the pots w/ the holes on the sides drive me nuts! I always end up drilling bottom holes on those.