a relatively attractive Hoya flower umbrel

[Triffid]

Lovely blooms!
looks like candy

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Daethen

That is lovely! Wish I could find one like it. I got one this summer that was ok smelling during the day, but at night it REALLY went overboard. I just recently got into hoyas and I am on the lookout for new pretty ones.

I had not really thought about it but you are right, it's at night that it goes overboard on the fragrance.

[fotofashion]

Daethen: eBay for many, many types of hoya. Just be aware some of the vendors are in Thailand.
Beverly A.

[littlefrog]

I have several types right now, I could make some cuttings if you are interested. Not free, but cheap. Technically I've closed up shop for the pre-move construction finishing (it is happening... slowly) and the actual moving, but I could manage a box or two.

PM me.

Rob

[greenbean]

Originally Posted by littlefrog

Or if it is a piece that he got from me, cat pee... Not sure why mine smell so bad, but it is pretty.

Rob

It's unfortunate that certain hoyas have an...unpleasant smell to certain people. I have a Hoya carnosa that my dad and brother love and my mom can't stand the smell. That one's really a sticky mess when it blooms, too.

So far my favorite hoya is multiflora. No fragrance, but no nectar either. It's a shrub instead of a vine and the flowers last a long time, too. I also have a hybrid I think is Minibell, a small rooted cutting of curtisii, and cuttings I'm trying to root of lacunosa and lanceolata (formerly bella)