Tropicals & Tender Perennials: May Hoya Blooms, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
First day of winter has come with a vengeance this morning. Minimum was 11.1C (52.0F). Yesterdays maximum was 30.3C (86.4F). Today is expected to be the same.

Looks like being a much colder winter than last years, or perhaps it's just come earlier. May (last month of Autumn) last year the mean minimum was 23.2C (73.8F). May this year mean minimum was 16.8C (62.2F). Mean maximums were closer, 32.8C (91.0F) and 31.4C (88.5F).

June last year was the coldest month of winter, but only for the first half. Hopefully this cold spell will only last to mid June again like last year

The Hoyas shouldn't have any problems. But 2 that were flowering right through last year aren't currently flowering - H. "Kapit Borneo" and H. densifolia.

The others, apart from pubicalyx, haven't shown any sign of wanting to flower. This will be their 2nd winter now.

H.lacunosa getting ready for the grand opening.