Sunnysa, as a kid, I would regularly lick my mom's Hoya carnosa leaking blooms. The nectar was very sweet and delicious. Not sure about DS-70. Flowers do not appear directly on the vine. Almost all species of Hoya flower in clusters on a stem (called peduncle) that grows off of the vine. A thinner stem that an individual bud/flower is attached to is called a pedicel. So, a flower grows on a pedicel, which ts attached to a peduncle, which grows from the stem. The attached pic is DS-70 that shows this well. The pic is not mine, taken from this forum actually. Google images of ds-70 and "hoya peduncle" in general to get more of an idea how this looks.

Well, I still have a bunch of Aerangis modesta growing on in there. The mounted ones are doing quite well. The potted ones have almost all bit the dust. I would've mounted them all but I ran out of supplies and haven't gotten more. The recently unflasked guys are Aerangis mystacidii and Neofinetia falcata 'Shu Ten Nou'. They are so cute. I really really wanted Aerangis punctata but wasn't able to reserve a flask in time. I am crazy and requested a reservation of a Cattleya luteola flask as well! Hopefully it won't come ready for a while now, I need some breathing room. I'm more worried about insects than disease. My first terrarium, which houses my very lovely Aerangis kirkii, acquired bush snails somewhere along the way and I Can't. Get. Rid. Of. Them. I hate them so much. It also effectively means I cannot add to that terrarium, or move anything in there to another, because I dare not spread the snails around. It frustrates me enough that I want to just start over and scrap that one, but Aerangis kirkii is not the easiest to come by, and mine has done a lot of growing and is turning into quite the specimen, as long as I keep up with it. Plus there are a few other nice specimens in there (like Pleurothallis grobyi and Chaemangis hariotiana), which are more easily replaceable, but I don't want to have to. Hey, so far the hoyas that are in the big terrarium are behaving quite nicely. They have not been attacking the orchids or taking over their space. Everyone is getting along. In fact, the hoyas in there get watered quite regularly because I have to check on the mounted orchids almost daily. Resolution shmesolution... I feel like half the time when one makes a resolution, you are daring yourself to do the opposite. Or maybe that's just me :)

What do moonflowers smell like? It's funny, I was thinking strawberry too, even though that's not usually my favorite flavor. Peach is a great idea. Or, I'm thinking coconut, almond and cinnamon (like whoever it was who suspected cinnamomifolia of smelling of cinnamon). Magnolia mmmmm... Here's another offering. I originally wanted to do it white and name it Narcissa (lol) but here it is in green. I'm not sure that I really care for this shade of green, but if I don't post it now, it will be the weekend and I'll forget. Hoya Juno It occurred to me as I was letting my imagination run wild that there are some types of Hoyas in which we are particularly lucky. You have to reach to imagine a wayettii-esque flower in a color that's not out there. And there's some really nice variety among the erythrostemma/mindorensis bunch. Or the campanulate flowers seem to cover the whole spectrum.

I think the best thing to do is to grow a mix of different Hoya types. I would skip growing a bunch of Hoya carnosa cultivars because they are the same species, Hoya Chelsea, Krimson Princess, and Krimson Queen. Instead try a Hoya pubicalyx for something different because they have beautiful leaves and grow equally as well as Hoya carnosa. I think that a mix of different leaf types and plant habits would be most interesting. Brad mentioned Hoya obovata and that would be a great one to grow, with it's big round leaves. A pendant plant for a hanging basket or shelf is a must. There are so many smaller Hoyas that fit this description, plants like Hoya Mathilde, Hoya DS-70, Hoya heushkeliana, Hoya memoria, and any of the yet unnamed species, Hoya sp Haruku or something similar like Hoya inconspicua. Mike