My Hoya imperialis finally opened - I found this when I came home from work today.
Flower cluster
Finally - imperialis bloom
Single flower
They are so beautiful !!
Congratulations Robin
Corona closeup
Congratulations Robin a gorgeous bloom .
Thanks for sharing it with us.
Patti
Really beautiful, rj. Where did you get that one? The coloration is a bit different....
Gorgeous, just gorgeous!
~Brenda
Really gorgeous!
Karen
Those first two pics are the prettiest hoya blooms I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful bloom !
Truly beautiful. Awesome!
Shirley
I have had 3 of those for 3 years and narry a bloom. They must be a slow-to-bloom one...but when they do...it looks soooo worth it.
Marcy
Thanks to you all. When I went to the GH this morning it was filled with a sweet fragrance from the blooms. The umbel is fully open now. I'll take a few more pictures and post those later.
Carol - I got the plant at the University of South Florida's Botanical Garden Shop in October of 2005. It was in a 4" plastic container for $5.00. There is a fall plant sale on the garden grounds next weekend that I'll be going to. I always see what the USF shop has for sale when I'm there. They usually have great buys on hoyas.
Marcy - I had the plant on a back porch covered with greenhouse plastic for about a year or so. It grew well but no sign of blooms. I moved it to my greenhouse and let the vine run up to the top. My guess is that the increased light intensity got it to bloom. I believe it does require more light to bloom then some other hoyas. Carol could probably answer that question for us:)
Awesome flowa!!
Blessings,
Awanda
rjohnson...................I live in a small town and a local nursery lady grows hoyas......I bought 15 well rooted plants for 5.00 each............she doesn't have yours though (LOL)
I keep giving her every hoya i come across and she propagates for herself and me.........