Hoya sp "Kapit, Borneo"

After waiting the fortnight for the umbel on my Hoya sp "Kapit, Borneo" to burst into bloom it looks like I've been let down. Took photos first thing this morning. Afternoon when I checked some of the flowers had fallen off and the remaining buds weren't open. Thought it was a bit too soon for the plant to start flowering anyway. It's one that I got off David Liddle a couple of months ago. Will look again tomorrow to see if the rest of the buds fall off without fully opening. This is a photo from this morning.

These are two more umbels developing on the same plant. If these are going to end up falling off as well I'd rather the plant put its energy into growing instead.

TB, I did an experiment late this past winter. I had two cuttings that both had peduncles and both developed buds near the end of the humidity stage I keep them in for rooting. For H. neo ebudica, I placed a clear plastic bag around the part of the stem that had the buds and misted it every day. The other one, H. sp 'Palawan', I just misted every day, as I do all of my plants. 'Palawan's buds blasted within a week, and neo ebudica flowered nicely. That doesn't happen very often that one gets a peduncle that will bud up on a cutting, so I don't really know if its an individual hoya trait, or if the high humidity is what made the difference, but it sure couldn't hurt!


Christine

Thanks for your comments Christine. It's still winter here so daytime humidity tends to be low even though nights still get up to the mid 90's percent. This morning there were only 2 buds left just on the verge of opening. Doubt they'll make it through the day. The other two umbels still look okay.