I have a plant in my greenhouse that I started from seed about 3 years ago. The label says Jasmine stephanotis florebunda. It really didn't grow much until this summer and I got tired of looking at it in the greenhouse and put the pot outside. My puppy dragged it around in the yard so finally brought it back into the greenhouse. Today I was cleaning the greenhouse up (its been a dump and run) since early summer. It has really grown and I noticed the leaves looked just like my hoya so came in the house to look it up in the computer and saw that the plants are related. Now instead of a regular pot I am going to have to change to a hanging pot. My hoya bloomed for the first time this summer although I didn't notice much smell from the flowers. Ellie

You may want to give them some more time as these seem to bloom as part of a specific cycle that includes quite a bit of growth before the buds form out of leaf nodes, for bloom. Mine recently completed some great blooming (in 2 flushes) and now that it is done for the moment, I'll be repotting some time this week. I repotted last year after its bloom (where it was blooming when I bought it in March) from its original 6" to an 8"... and now I need to go up again to a 10". I have actually done some fertilizing of mine - mainly Ironite and some general 20-20-20 perhaps once a month. In your case, patience may be a virtue as the fragrance is really worth it and my little hummingbird even nectared from mine! It could be that I am letting it get potbound before potting up so that may be helpful in triggering a bloom. This was what it looked like after the first bloom flush: My little hummer all into the blooms during the 2nd flush...lol:

WOW! Thanks guys for all your feedback. When I ordered the "Steph" and read up on the care of the plant-"Full Sun, Partial Sun"- I thought this was going to be a no-brainer. Thanks for alerting me that over-exposure of the sun down here could prove to be fatal. I'm going to leave it potted so I can monitor it's growth and move it around and see how it responds. Being what I naively thought was a native plant of Hawaii, I assumed it would love a hot and sunny location. As far as the vanilla orchid, Karyn-it's happy and growing but as of yet, not flowering yet. I've only had the orchid for a couple of weeks but I check it each morning for blooms. If and when it does, I'll let you know. Now, I'm interested in finding out more on the Queen's Wreath. What color are the blossoms? Sounds like a good climber for our privacy fence. Thanks again everyone!

Hi Alison, Have you still got some seeds of that Stephanotis??? I so, could you please send me some. Let me know your address and I send you a stamped return envelope. I've always wanted one as they were the flowers I had in my wedding bouquet! Looking forward to your reply. Cheers Elfi