Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Blooming August, 1 by bjf826

bjf826 wrote:
Everyone's blooms are gorgeous! Christina, it's good to "see" you again. Hope you are settling in after your move. Beautiful pics, as always.
I have one blooming for the first time (for me). It is H. sp IML 1420. The whole umbel is about the size of a quarter. I didn't have a quarter on hand, so I put a nickel in the picture to compare! And it did something no other Hoya bloom has ever done before, too. It opened yesterday afternoon late. I was out all day and when I got home tonight, every flower in the umbel has closed up again! The second umbel opened up, though, so I am going to see if it closes up like the first one did. Has this happened to any of your Hoya blooms? If so, was it on this particular plant or another?

Barb

Edit to correct ID... DUH!!!

This message was edited Aug 5, 2008 8:27 PM