I've found my Hoya grows flowers best when pot bound and given plenty of light. I think Anisa is also right in neglecting it for a while to get it to flower.

I appreciate all of the advice. I can't imagine it being more neglected than it has been for the last 15 years. I am working on the more light thing.

Lol. The scent varies from person to person. I have a Hoya carnosa that has been in my family since before I was born. My mother can't stand the smell of it, but my dad, brother, and I all love it.

As others have said, probably needs more light. I have mine in a southern window and it blooms non-stop from spring to fall. It gets so dark in western Washington in the winter that even a south window isn't bright enough to keep it blooming all year. It may also take a while to adjust to its new home. When we moved in 1999, the Hoya pouted and sulked for many years (it was also in a darker window though) until I moved it to the south window a couple years ago. The first year it made a couple new flower spurs, but this last year it pumped out flowers like Old Faithful on steroids!

A word of caution: Many hoyas produce copious amounts of nectar, which form large droplets at the center of the flower and can drip onto carpets or furniture. It can also be messy when the flowers fall off, so place it where you don't mind a bit of a mess.

My hubby can't stand mine when it's in flower, but I love it, so I think you are right. Problem is for hubby, that when it's in flower it fills the house with the scent.

Evan, my MIL has mentioned the nectar as part of what she remembers from her mom's plant flowering.

Rosie, that sounds like my dendrochilum. I love the sent but my MIL thinks it is way too strong.

Thanks, guys!

My mother is lucky in that our hoya is in the spare bedroom with the door shut, so it doesn't fill the whole house. :lol:

Not liking the scent is one thing - my husband gets asthma from lilies, and a friend reacted badly to hyacinths in flower!!!

I can understand that. My mom and I both get asthma attacks around most scented candles and air fresheners, and especially those nasty scented pine cones that some stores get around Christmas. And hyacinths can be almost suffocating in a small space.