ha ha Jan I just emailed you about Krimson Queen!!! lol Do you guys want me to do any trade transporting? I am meeting Jan at lunch Thursday and also going to Ricky's so i can take Helen,s. Here's my lil Krimson Queen! The pink edges don't come thru in the photos. Either of you want some of this one. I am sure it's pretty common. It seems so much happier out under the pool screen than in my bedroom window. I got this 1/3 this size a couple yrs ago from Lindaleaf. BTW Helen, You want some cuttings of that coral crown behind the Krimson Queen? It's getting kind of tall and I might as well start a few cuttings of it for Ricky's.

Kate, I know nothing about Hoyas except they are a new addiction lol. Anyway, I've got mine in a hanging pot from the flat roof where I was convinced they were frying up from way too much afternoon sun (one of these days I was going to find a better place for them) and today I went out to hit them with the hose a bit...and after (unsuccessfully) trying to knock off what I thought were spider webs, I realized they were flowers! My mini-wax leaf was covered in these tiny white & yellow blooms. About 20 of them. I was so excited I picked off 3 to take into the house and just put them on the counter. Let me tell you...the fragrance is unbelieveable, way better than any air freshner. My whole family room and kitchen smells wonderful! Now I see what I've been missing! Hope yours blooms soon!!!

Fantastic hoyas! I'm afraid I've been bitten by that hoya bug. I bought a few at a Washington Oaks sale about a month ago and the lacunosa is blooming now. I can't get over the amount of flower buds that have formed over the past two weeks. And the scent is incredible! Yep, I'm hooked. I also have h. compacta and these two that I don't know their names. I'm sure you can help me with that, Jan! Felix, I didn't know that hoya means jewel! Thanks for that little tidbit! Your mother's place sounds like it was very beautiful. I have the four of my "jewels" on the screened porch. They get a bit of late afternoon sun. ~Betsy

Your S. viminale is looking great. That's a lot of buds! Your plant is the hanging variety... the vining variety would climb up the chain link fence. That's too bad about the Aloe mites! I wonder if some Aloes are less susceptible than others. Some of my Aloes have been hit by the Aloe aphid, but I noticed it's really just the Aloes that are getting too much shade. The friend who shared the Hoya seeds usually gets quite a few pods on his Hoyas. He doesn't pollinate the flowers... they are naturally pollinated. Most of the pods are on his Hoya australis which regularly volunteers in his garden. I think part of the reason that he ends up with so many pods is because he has the largest outdoor collection of Hoyas that I've personally seen. Since there are so many Hoyas blooming at the same time I wonder how likely it is that the Hoya seedlings are hybrids. Have you ever tried hand-pollinating a Hoya? A while back I figured out how to remove the pollen packets, but I didn't know where to put them. On [this page[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/can-i-hand-pollinate-hoyas-dsvw-vd~1976896) there's a photo which shows where the pollen is supposed to go. If you have any Hoyas in bloom you could bring a couple flowers over and we can practice on them.