A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The House Plant Forum Hoya Spur Develops Blooms

Here are pictures of My hoya as the spur is developing a bloom off her spur,,,

I will try to document it's progress as it develops : so those of you that have a spur that hasn't seen it bloom yet will know what to look for.

First the Spur....

total of three,, the one at the top has already begun to produce buds,, which develops off the top end of the spur



Progressive development



here each bud is filling with individual blooms and have extended outward to allow room for each pod to burst open,,



Keep in mind it has happened to me that for some reason,, the buds have dropped off,, It hasn't happened often,, But it does happen, Hopefully I can continue to document this through to full bloom!

wow! I've never actually seen a hoya spike develop before...can't wait to see those blooms open. The pictures from google look sooo pretty!

That looks pretty cool! Can't wait to see the blooms. Hope these don't fall off!!

Diane, did you ever get any pictures of these after they opened, or did they fall off??

They fell OFF

Diane

You think of everything.......Mine hasnt developed anything like that at all.
Are there different colors ? Or is yours the white bloom with pink?

I just read my tag......i received that in 2007 from W.V. It never did bloom.
2 years of sadness.LOL

b

Oh no!!!! Do you know why they do that?

I have no Idea But this picture is the same plant,, Blooming earlier,.,

you can also see on the left the another spur in it's development ,,,

That's beautiful!! It looks so thick and shiny it looks like thay are ceramic!!

How old is it ?
Mine is 2 that I know of ........

Mine is about 4 years old BUT it came off of a plant that is/was approx 20 years old at the time I got a piece off it,

Just wondering if that makes any difference?

Some one said theirs bloomed from a young cutting??????

IF the cutting is from a mature plant and the cutting was made in the perfect spot,, My cutting bloomed in the first year,, The person I got the cutting from cut it with Spurs already on it as why Mine bloomed the first year

Diane - I am so sorry that your spurs fell off!
Those flowers are too gorgeous for words though - I am still waiting patiently for my 3 plants from 3 different people to put out even 1 single spur...


COME ON ALREADY flowers!!!

The Spur didn't fall off just the bloom buds on the spur,,,,,, the spur remains and will probably rebloom in a few month!

Well then that's good, Diane!

welllllllll there ya have it,, I DID water it while it was developing on that last stage

Well your still doing better than us ..

Two more spurs had developed buds,,,,,, And One of them has Bloomed,,, I left it alone and didn't water it move or,, Did nothing and just let it do it's thing,,,, Thanks For the advice Joclyn!

angelblossom the dream machine.

We dream while she machines.

That is soooooooooo neat Diane - the blooms are so delicate looking - they remind me of fine china.

Angelblossom does your hoya have a fragrance? I have the same colored flowers on my hoya and it's now starting to bloom as well. I say mine doesn't have a smell others say they can smell mine. How about yours?

this one faintly smell of Chocolate.

Interesting ....I can't smell anything. I've heard some have a very offensive smell so I don't mind if mine has none. My hoya seems to be in a forever bloom mode.

No blooms here........
I am a looser.

b

you are NOt a loser Dodge Some Hoya's take a lot of time to mature and develop the spurs that give off blooms,, the Hoya I have came off a plant that was well over 20 years old,, Luckily the person that cut off the starts knew where to cut it as it already had developed spurs when I got it, Just be patient My Friend,, you'll be rewarded!

I hope.

I know it was not very big of a cutting I received. I might say 3 years ago.

It loved it hanging on the porch this past summer.. It grew many stems .

b

Dodge mine didn't bloom for at least 10 years if not more. It just grew into a huge plant and then all of a sudden out came the blooms. They also like to be root bound.

Theres hope huh?

b

Ohhhhhhhh boy - if I have to wait 10 years for my 3 to bloom, I won't be able to walk into the rooms they are in - they grow like weeds, but still no blooms!

Yep they do,, that's why they should be started in a very small pot,, and to repot them could be damaging,, They can't handle their roots to be disturbed at all,,,, everything must stay in tact just going up 1 inch in pot size just enough to place soil 1 inch in the bottom and 1 inch around the plant,, when you repot try to keep as much soil as possible if the soil it's currently in is fine!,,
I've had mine in the same pot now for 4 years,, only repotted it once from the initial starting pot and I had to break the pot away from the roots because it was very very root bound,,
Don't forget to fertilize ,,,, When you take it outside Dodge and Lynne and again 6 weeks after and again 6 weeks after that,, dilute the fertilizer if you can for the first application,, after that use as you normally would,