Congratulations- it looks great! It's always a coup to get those first flowers-- especially when they're slow in coming!

Mighty cool Denise, Congrats to you!! That 2nd photo is really exceptional (1st is fine too), but the little furry balls are might cool lookin'. Thx for the pix.

Those flowers are beautiful and so is your photography! Does it have a scent? If so, what is it like? Thanks!

Love it, I have never seen a hoya with flowers in that shade.

Vicki

Thank you for posting these beautiful photographs. Now I know what I have to look forward to. The flowers remind me of frosted berries.

Florajilly

Hi Denis,

Is h.wayettii the same as h.kentiana? I have one that I got as kentiana and blooms just like yours. Leaves are similar as well.

Hi Matt,

As far as I can tell from pics, the difference between kentiana and wayetti is that wayetti has an almost black rim around the edges of the leaves and kentiana's leaves are just green. I got one of mine ID'd as kentiana and another with no ID, but in researching it, this is what I came up with. I can see no significant difference in the pics I see of flowers. So who knows - maybe kentiana and wayetti are really the same plant. I can't find anyone who can definitively tell me the difference. Here's pics of both from my favorite site for Hoya leaves. The first is kentiana, and I can still see a few leaves that have the dark-rimmed leaves, but it's much more distinct and obvious in the 2nd pic of wayetti...

http://botanova.tripod.com/images/image_kentiana.jpg.html
http://botanova.tripod.com/images/image_wayetii.jpg.html

There's a link to the bottom to the main page of this site for anyone who can't go using "cut & paste." Anyone else have a comment about kentiana vs. wayetti??

Denise in Omaha

Here is a link that might be useful: Hoya leaves

Thank you Denise,

Great site - it would be perfect if they had blooms for each hoya too.
My hoya looks exactly like h.wayettii.
Every leaf has a rim and new leaves that receive a lot of sun are all purple. Scent is pleasantly sweet not strong  honey like.
Would be nice to know if the rim is the only difference between two (I noticed that kentiana on some picks is darker on edges , but probably not that dark purple>).

Thanks for the post - I appreciate it. (Sorry for misspelling your name)

Denise, please check this link. Is it possible that the difference is the colour of the peduncle?

http://www.hoyanoya.se/hoya_kentiana.htm

Here is a link that might be useful: hoya kentiana (or wayetti)

Hi again, Matt! I suppose there likely IS a difference in the flowers, but since I don't have both and can't see them together in real life, I can't attest to that. I'll put a link to another of my favorite sites at the bottom. I've gone there, brought up two web browsers with both wayetti and kentiana, shrunk it down so I can put them side-by-side and the flowers themselves look the same. I see a difference in color, but I also notice that the two were taken in completely different light conditions. The wayetti is taken in much brighter conditions or with a flash, so that can greatly change the appearance of the flowers in a photo... **sigh**

But, maybe we can find someone who has both that have flowered at the same time to give an opinion of the flower. The two photos on the site I'm leaving a link to are Christine Burton's. Is she a member here?? Or maybe the site owner, Karen Hedlund??

Denise in Omaha

Here is a link that might be useful: Karen Hedlund's site