Yeah, both Susie and I have the Shooting Stars that never stop blooming. We also both have it in the kitchen where it's bound to get at least a *little* humidity, so you might want to keep that in mind.... water once a week. It also sounds like your plant will get more direct sun than mine does; not being a Hoya expert, I have no idea what effect that will have on it. As for the other one... do you have any indoor fountains? Or if you do a little rock/ water/ saucer thing below it, that might up the humidity enough. Good luck, hope they're wonderful!

Thanks SO much you guys!! Kelly, I think its fine if you prune your Desert rose cutting now...Spring is a good time to prune them. I'm not positive what variety this Imperialis is...I got it as a 3 leaf cutting Nov. '08. I had Mike(ONT)ID it for me a little over 2 years ago, since the lady I got it from wasn't positive of the ID. Toni, I attached some pictures of the size...I don't believe Imperialis is the largest hoya flowers...maybe H. lauterbachii but I don't have that one. For me Imperialis is the biggest hoya blooms I've ever seen in person. I trim my Desert rose only because I like to keep them from getting leggy...I like it more rounded and compact. I honestly don't think there's a wrong way to prune them. Yes, I have pruned the roots at least twice since I've had it. I'm not positive but for me...pruning them does seem to promote a lot more blooms. A few more of the buds opened this morning...

David, I CAN imagine how many starts you had off a 13' plant! Your account just goes to show none of us should beat ourselves up too much over failing to root a cutting. There's just no telling sometimes what the plant will or will not do, even if it seems all the variables are in our favor. It's probably foolhardy for me to consider starting a new imperialis in my climate, but if I did, I think I would go with imperialis 'alba,' so I think you're lucky to be doing so well with this one. As far as sharing failures goes, I kind of agree with everything that has been spoken here. On one hand, it does help release the poison a bit (as well as share wisdom) when we dump our tragic stories amongst kindred spirits. On the other hand, a lot of the time when something goes wrong, it's hard to tell why, and then what is there to say? At least that's how I feel when I'm staring at a vine turning into a stick, wracking my brain trying to figure out whether meddling will help it or put the last nail in its coffin.

Well thank you very much, I appreciate it very much. No tips yet:( Yea, this little hoya i put outside, that i swear looked totally dead, and is an expensive and hard to get large flowering variety, one of the 'Archboldandia', types, was not growing at all for over 6 months. So like I said, I put it outside, here in Ft.Laud, and it is SO hot and humid, these large flowering ones really love that, but I put it out because i was sure it was dead, and I went to finally throw the plant away, and there were 3 new vines growing on it !!!! I am still in shock! It is growing so great now, it is almost at the point where I can tie the vines to the trellis that is in the pot. So...down the road, I could get blooms if it grows this fast all summer/fall, maybe next year. I have great luck with the large flowering ones. It is buying them that is so hard, they cost so much! But growing them here in south Fla. is so easy, since it is like their natural habitat. And that little plant, that I thought was dead, cost me over $30,in a 3in pot! So...I didnt loose my money on this one. Are you are hoya lover? Got any question I might be able to help you with? This is the hoya that turned out to be alive...if it ever blooms, it will look like this one.