Beginner Gardening: Identification and info?, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
pmarsha,

I had mine for several years and it never bloomed either.
I take ALL my houseplants outside for the Summer--keeping in mind their light needs.
My Hoya hung from a pole in the middle of my back yard. It got sun most of the day--but towards evening, my large Maple shaded it. It had grown so vined that the tendrils were all wrapped around the plant--anywhere I could pull them through so they would not hang all over the place. Then--one year, I saw the little flower clusters forming on the ends of the vines! Each year--for about 4 years--there were more and more!
From that year on--it bloomed it's silly head off every Summer--hanging on the same pole.

One important think to know is that, when the flower clusters die, it leaves these little "nubs" on the stem where the bloom was. NEVER remove those! Flowers will come from the same "nubs" the following year. SO! You can never prune the plant back!

I gave it away because it simply became too big for me to handle indoors for the Winter.

Gita

Here's the Hoya HB hanging from the pole. This was taken in 2006.