Hoya inconspicua

I bought this hoya as an already big plant in February 2004. I believed it to be Hoya longifolia and thought it would be a nice addition to my white flowering hoyas. It grows really fast and the new vines tend to grow into neighboring plants or anything else they get hold of! I'm having a hard time trying to get all the new growth to stay on the support...

My plant developed several buds from the beginning, but they blasted when they were quite small and then started over again. Until one day in the middle of August 2004 when it opened two umbels of flowers... That's when I realized it was NOT Hoya longifolia, but Hoya inconspicua. The all green inconspicua.

Once this hoya starts blooming there seem to be no stopping it! In July it had a total of at least 30 umbels open at different times and new seem to be on the way all the time! Because I already have so many hoyas with candy like fragrances, this is not a hoya that I would normally buy, but now that I have it I'm glad I did buy it. Mostly because of all the flowers... Other than that, it's quite boring in my opinion.

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