Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Milestone - H. deykei bloomed!!!, 1 by AlohaHoya

AlohaHoya wrote:
Perhaps others have bloomed, but the leaves always thrill me so I never looked for swollen rachis...or umbels forming or..... Here is a pic of my grandmother H. deykei...4 years old on a 24" hoop and she is full of umbels .... first time for me!!! One has bloomed and is rather spent...but there are tons more on the sidelines!

I find H. deykei slow (like most of the H. finlaysonii family) and the blooms don't last a very long time (H. deykei = 3 days). The fragrance is of 'clover' to me... When I moved this plant into higher light she started to form the peduncles....