June Blooms

Lovely flowers everyone! Congrats on your multiflora Lin! That was the hoya that hooked me, and I already had five or six at the time - the flowers took my breath away.

When I got my cutting of H. vanatuensis it had a big fat umbel on it that opened shortly after but I never got a picture of it for some reason. I think it was two years ago. So, I'm counting this as its first flowers. And if you look close you can see more buds starting on the peduncle. Have I mentioned recently how much I love hoyas?


Christine

Thought I would put all these together for one post:
Eriostemma cv. Monette
Eriostemma ciliata
Eriostemma sp. Apple Green
H. heuschkeliana (yellow)
H. lacunosa 'Sno Caps'
H. shepherdii


This message was edited Jun 19, 2009 8:25 PM

What a great photo of all those blooms in the water!

Joni...great shot. I have never seen a bloom on E. cv. Monette THAT dark...beautiful!!!

What a lovely hoya collage Joni!

First flowers for this one: H acuta IML0146

Thanks Christine!
Was feeling lazy...

Eriostemma Margaret
Ted's blooms were much more pink where mine have only a hint.

This message was edited Jun 28, 2009 12:49 PM

Joni...have you sent a copy of that to Ted? I think it is fascinating how colors change. I will send a copy to Ed.

carnosa buds finally opened

cv. Minibelle

Oh Ric, that is a pretty bloom! I'd love to see a photo of the whole plant. Does cv. minibelle have tiny foliage?

Thanks Lin,
I will take a pic tomorrow.
Ric

Look forward to it!

Lin,
Here is the cv. Minibelle plant....the leaves are 3 to 4 inches long by about 3/4" wide.

Here is the whole plant. Its a nice cross, the flowers last a long time and have a pleasant scent.

Ric, that plant is wonderful! I guess I thought the foliage would be tiny because of the minibelle name. What is it a cross of? I like the looks of those leaves and the pretty blooms. Thanks for sharing those photo's!

Lin,
I'm pretty sure its a carnosa x shepherdii. Not sure why the name minibelle, one would expect it to be either tiny flowers or leaves, but not in this case.

ric

Well, it sure was a good cross, it's a lovely plant!

Minibelle had something to do with the name of the wife of the man who made the cross, as I remember.

Oh, that's cute! Maybe his wife was petite and her name was Belle? Sounds like a southern thing!