Beautiful blooms....i love the Red buttons.....i have one labeled as that but dont think it is as my leaves dont come in red like that....looks like you keep them outside for the summmer?..very nice Lydia!

Sandy

Thanks, yes, all my plants are outside all yr round. My house doesn't have many windows..... I do have a green house type shelter that I stuff them in for the winter. However, I did lose many last winter so I think I'm going to have add some lighting & shelves in my house for them.

Lydia, when I look at your photo it doesn't look like a pubicalyx to me. It looks more like carnosa 'Rubra'. I could be wrong, but it could be worth checking.

My pubicalyx 'Red Button' does get redish leaves in the sun, but a lot longer and narrower than the leaves in your photo. Same goes for my pubicalyx 'Royal Hawaian Purple'.

Yes, my Red buttons has leaves that are long and thin too. In fact, that flower looks strange. There are 2 different kinds of individual flowers in there. A couple of them have dark red coronas with black centers like the red buttons, and the rest have white ones with red centers. One of them even has HALF & HALF. That is very weird.
Marcy

My plant is pubicalyx "Red Buttons" :) Tomorrow, when I get a chance, I'll take a picture of the whole plant. It also has long thin leaves. I have 2 Red Buttons. One came from Sylvia & the other came from Carol. They both get the same new spotted growth & have the same flowers. The flowers are sometimes spotted like this depending on how much sun it's getting. I've seen pictures of Red Buttons & Royal Hawaiian Purple somewhere (don't remember where) on the net and the flowers were also different colors like this.
(I don't mind having a weird Hoya!! The weirder the better :D

Here is a link with some GREAT pictures of pubicalyx flowers. (The whole site is awesome!!)

Here is a link that might be useful: Link to...... myhoyas.com

This pic is from the second time this plant bloomed. First pic is from the third time it bloomed. You never know what you're going to get. This one is much nicer, I think.

This is the one that just finished blooming (from Sylvia). There is only cutting/plant in this pot. You can see 2 of the old leaves at the base are long & thin. Don't know why the rest are smaller :/

This was a cutting Carol sent me a looong time ago. It's huge know. (sorry my plants aren't all shiny & pretty. They all live outside ;)

Hi Lydia. Wow! Your hoya pics are gorgeous!! I hope one of mine blooms soon. Is there a certain number of years it takes before they do? I guess some bloom earlier than others? Do they have to be outside to bloom? It gets way too hot here to put them outside but I read one woman's story that said she had to put hers outside or they wouldn't bloom. She said the leaves looked burned but at least she had blooms.

Leona

Hi Leona! My Red Buttons bloomed within the first yr I got it & it was a cutting when I received it. It could take longer, though....... I don't think it's too hot for your Hoyas to be outside. My Hoyas were at their healthiest when I had them hanging under a tree. As long as they are getting filtered sun, NOT direct, they will be okay.....Lots of people here grow their Hoyas inside & have had them bloom for them. What ever works for you.

Gorgeous pics, etc! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous plants with us!

Dear Lydia,

Your flowers look fabulous, thx for the show, I think I could drool forever over blooming Big Mac! Thanks too for the link to the other Swedish pix (I had only breifly seen that site once before, I could spend hrs. there); makes me wonder if maybe I should move to Sweden for the sake of my Hoyas!

All in all a wonderful treat of a show!