Hi Rhonda & welcome, There's a Hoya Forum just next door (see the top of this page). Since I participate there as well, I'll refer you there for future use, but start you out here. Sorry, this Hoya is lovely but not a rare plant, it's actually quite common (these types anyway, that can be bought locally). They're not the fastest growing plants, depending on the type, sounds like you've got the KP (Krimson Princess) w/ the variegation towards the inner part of the leaf, which Exotic Angel (the nursery who grows/distributes these) insists on calling Rubra (I think due to the red stems, rubra means red). Not sure which website you saw & are referring to, but "saturate" is likelty to be a problem. Part of the problem, is that if these plants are from Exotic Angel (EA for short) they never dry out & we often (those at Hoya forum) have a problem w/ their mix, it NEVER dries out. The once month fertilizer is fine, but the drying out is an issue. Ordinarily, I water my Hoyas about once a week, in summer perhaps a bit more depending on the particular Hoya (there are many kinds & many of us find collecting them, quite addictive). FYI: they're not the fastest to bloom (at least not for me & many others I know at Hoya forum). Pls. Go to Hoya forum & look around for Hoya KP. I'll let others inform you how to post a pic, gotta run.

Oh Patricia, I wish you could post those pics! I'd LOVE to see all that greenhouse activity. Re: GHW, I spoke with Tom yesterday and he said it's going to take about 3 weeks before the plants arrive. The 'cumingiana' is not ready yet, maybe another week. The compacta should be ready later this week. Since I want everything shipped at once and rooted in pots, I have to wait. Everything else that I ordered is ready now, though. I'm still waiting for the Logee's order to arrive. It should arrive tomorrow, hopefully!!!!

For anyone who wishes to order hoyas from Thailand or any other foreign country for that matter,make sure that you can get a phyto certificate to accommodate your shipment before you pay for it. Customs has been getting their panties in a twist lately and destroying any shipments that are not accompanied by proper documentation. I had a rather large order of rare hoyas coming from Thailand that were shipped on 8/11. The box finally showed up at my house on 8/26. EMPTY!!!! All that was in it was a piece of paper from customs stating that the cuttings had in fact been inspected,were found to be insect and disease free but due to no phyto ( my fault) with the shipment ,my hoyas were destroyed. Bad part about it was that instead of the idiot inspector destroying the box as well, I mean hey if you trash the plants,trash the box too,they found it amusing to go ahead and send me the empty box. A letter would have been fine, my name and address were right on the box!!! The Thai vendor who is someone that i've dealt with for several years now was gracious enough to replace the shipment for me,with a phyto this time. That box was mailed last Monday 9/14,it arrived in N.Y. Saturday 9/19 and it was at my house yesterday 9/21,sent EMS. It took exactly 1 week from the day of shipment for me to receive the order and everything was in excellent condition. david

I agree - your plant is concentrating its efforts on roots and foliage and will bloom when it's ready. Dasyantha is such a nice plant, I don't mind that mine doesn't bloom that much. I think of it as "carnosa on steroids"!...Denise in Omaha