African Violets and Gesneriads: What's blooming in April IV, 1 by bmedel

bmedel wrote:
Yes, I'm pretty sure the hoya is sheperdii....Kim sent this beauty to me this past fall and I am kicking myself for not labeling it when it came. Kim will you confirm the name for me please?

It bloomed for me early this spring, just three small blooms but the perfumed smell of them was huge! I would have had to move it out of the office if there had been any more blooms on it. LOL

Gail the speed of your babies blooming is amazing to me!! Your overall conditions are better than mine but I bet the biggest part of it is the excellent methods you use!!

Right now I'm averaging six months for a bloom stalk to start showing on a baby plant, but it was the dead of winter here. I hope to have better results this summer!

This is Bristol's Blackbird. I put the leaf down the end of October and you can see it's first flower stalk forming here. I'm excited!!
~Brenda