Hi MIM - "Maybe yes, maybe no" is the answer. Many of the "harder" stemmed species hold their peduncles and rebloom many, many times before dropping. But, taking cuttings with peduncles can throw them into permanent dormancy. Sometimes, they drop. But not necessarily. Just be hopeful, but don't be expectant. Take good care of it and it will bloom eventually. I have a big ol' compacta, I got a year or so ago (an EA plant from one of the box stores...) No signs of blooming, and not much growth either. They're typically slow growers, so I'm not worried. Just take good care of it and you'll be blessed with flowers soon enough! Denise in Omaha

My sister had a Hoya compacta for many, MANY years and it got HUGE, but it never flowered. Back when I started using VF-11 and gave her a sample to try, this was the plant she used it on and within a few months, she had peduncles forming and flowers soon followed. It blooms like crazy now. This is what sold her on VF-11, which she's been selling at her nursery ever since. I got an EA compacta in '08. Last year, it got a bit dehydrated, so I restarted it. The potfull of new cuttings are already forming peduncles even though the main plant never had any. So I guess it's not always about age as much as it is about a "happy plant." Give them plenty of light (I mostly have mine in east windows, close to the windows, and they get more bright reflected light than direct sun...), fertilize regularly (as you all know, my favorite it VF-11, but I also use bloom booster or all-purpose fertilizers a few times a year), keep the leaves clean (I shoot mine with VF-11 water every time I take them down to water) and don't let them get too dry. Oh, and talk to them! Denise in Omaha

Flowers don't cause mealies. And once you get mealies on a Hindu Rope, I'm sorry to say, you might as well toss the whole thing. However, if you want to try to save it, I would get some Bayer's Tree and Shrub, mix up a bucket of it (I use it at a rate of 2 tablespoons per gallon of water) - a bucket big enough to soak your WHOLE plant in, soil and all, for about 1/2 an hour. This should kill them all. Drain it good, and be sure to keep the bucket and it's contents away from pets and children. It's literally poison... and when you dump it, don't throw it down the drain, but dump it someplace where it won't hurt anything. For example, under a deck where nothing grows. Not that it will hurt the vegetation (that's what it's for...) but we don't want to unintentionally harm any of the good insects, like bees, or get any of it on stuff you might harvest to eat. BATS works on mealies, and if you're diligent about using it as a water-in every 6 months or so, you'll keep them at bay. If your Hindu Rope was near any other plants, I'd inspect them all carefully and water any of them with the BATS that you find them on. Good luck! Denise in Omaha

Hi all, This is quite an old thread, I just happened to see it back up. Future posters might want to consider making a new thread (for faster responses). To Mamasmrf, I don't know what H. compacta pictas are, but if they were new purchases, did you try contact the vendor? I don't buy much on line, but recently did & when had trouble w/ the plant, I went back to the vendor for help. Giamette, I don't grow compacta anymore (I keep killing it), but grew it well when I first started w/ Hoyas (& knew nothing abt them). Misting as you suggest, is controversial & is something which raises mixed opinions (personally, I don't do much of it.) If humidity is your concern, pls. consider humidity trays & search here or at Houseplants for discussions. I keep them under all my Hoyas (35+). Simply put, it's a saucer or lid which one fills w/ pebbles, places the plant on this & then allows one's watering to overflow into the pebbles. As long as the pot sits ON TOP of the pebbles (not in standing water), the plants can absorb humidity off the pebbles & it increases theirs & the ambient humidity. Helps to have fast draining mix for this.