Tropicals & Tender Perennials: New Poster -very ignorant - sorry!, 1 by gardenerme

gardenerme wrote:
I have had the hoya in the picture below for a "few" years and it has "thrived" a little to much in a hanging 8" pot under my eaves in bright, very warm shade in So. Cal. I have yet to have flowers. It was growing up its hanging chain and into the rafters so in the interests of saving the house (!) I had to bring it down, remove the chain and repot it with a teepee make out of bamboo stakes in the large clay pot. I have since moved it to a morning sun position behind my gate to see if I can get it to bloom and have some questions.

Can this be pruned? Will I sacrifice blooms if I do? I have seen discussions on whether it blooms on new or old wood, etc and have reached no conclusion.

What is a peduncle? I will post another photo of a tiny stalk that may be a very young bloom stalk. Is this a peduncle? When will it bloom? Next spring? This year?

When does a hoya grown outside normally bloom? Do they have lot of blooms or just a few?

I read somewhere that you should not remove the old bloom stalks as they will bloom again next year. Any truth there?

Anything else I should know?

Thanks!

What should I feed it to get it to bloom?