Some hoyas seem to drip more nectar than others. These photo's are from a few years ago, one is really out of focus but you can see that little lizards love to dine on dripping Hoya nectar:

Oh, wow, @Lin ! The photos are so cute. There should be somewhere on this site to show them off.

Right here.

Debbie a agree there should be a place to post pictures of creatures in plants.I have a few myself!!
I was looking at blooms on my H. 'compacta' & this fellow scared me to death running from one, then i laughed because i think i scared him as well.

This light tree frog got moved all over the yard trying to find the right place to plant my ice plant.I noticed him when i almost touched him.

This one came in with a jade,I don't know how long he was in the house until i noticed him


Ok sorry got off the subject,i have a lot of humming birds that love my canna & calla lilies & lipstick plant but i guess they can't drink from the Hoya's or colors don't attract them??

If you go to the forum Gardening for Wildlife, there are threads there of various creatures we find in our gardens. I just add along my photos on any of the threads..or you can start one there too

Hi everyone, I could not help my self but to enter to show my H Carnosa with a glimps of flower,
It's not a good picture, sorry .
In comparison with all of your lovely hoyas and their beautiful flowers, well what can I say

Hi Bianca! to All Things Plants!

Your Hoya carnosa flower is beautiful and I'm so glad you shared a picture!

Blanca

Gorgeous photo! It must have a wonderful fragrance as well.

Thank you Lin, Carolyn you're both very kind. You know if I lived closer to you, I would probably ask you to swap cuttings, . but I guess it's not possible.

Unfortunately there is a problem swapping cuttings internationallly!

Lovely blooms Blanca to ATP As long as your plants bloom, that is a winner for me...my H. carnosa has not bloomed at all.

Tarev my carnosas took a fewww ..... years before they decided to bloom, I've 6 but only 4 bloomed and not too much, well maybe next year will be better.

Hi Blanca &
I have had this guy for about 3 years now, and it never did much growing until this year. Bloomed for the first time. I'm just sorry to say that the fragrance was, well, stinky! Or maybe it was just my nose! Now, after blooming, it's growing like crazy!

My hoyas are outside. They will be indoors for winter. I wish I had a crystal ball as to when they will bloom. What does the inflo look like??

Good to know that Blanca ..so I will just wait patiently for my Hoya to bloom whenever

My other Hoyas are also still outside too Cheryl, except for the Hoya multiflora which I have kept indoors. This has been a warm October, though temps slowly dipping overnight, but still manageable, no rain in sight..so will keep the other Hoyas there for now.

Incidentally, Hoya multiflora is making some buds again, it is liking the current temps..so let's see if it will manage to go all the way to a bloom. Last August it just blasted..haay

Tara: That's a beautiful Hoya bloom! Is it Hoya pubicalyx or Hoya carnosa? I have a couple of carnosa's and pubicalyx and I've never detected any scent from them but I'm sure it's my nose. I have Orchid Cactus that are extremely fragrant to everyone but me; one I can detect a faint fragrance but the other ... nothing and my husband says they are very fragrant. I guess my nose is

Tarev: H. multiflora is such a pretty one; I hope yours doesn't blast this time! H. multiflora is one that I never could keep alive!

Right now I have one Hoya in bloom ... H. nummularioides and the tiny little flowers have an awesome fragrance! This used to be a very large plant but almost died off completely. I moved the pot out in the yard and sat it on the ground beneath a large hibiscus shrub and forgot about it. When I was out weeding a few days ago I came across it and noticed blooms opening so I brought it inside.

Hi Lin! Thanks! This is H.carnosa 'Hindu Rope'. My first Hoya, and after it finally bloomed for me, I think I caught the "bug"…I have since added a H.kentiana that I found on the clearance rack at Lowe's, and I'm keeping my eyes open for more!

My H. Curtisii is starting to bud up again. I checked last year it flowered about mid November.

My H. Kentiana normally flowers in the summer - seemed to flower a good part of the summer and there were a lot of flowers.

It seems that different types flower at different times.

That's very interesting to know, Carolyn. My H. carnosa bloomed in May this year. I'll be looking forward to my new H. kentiana blooming for me in the Summer, if I'm lucky.

When i started buying Hoya's a few years ago, i was told that each would bloom at a certain time of year.There are fall & winter bloomers, spring, summer bloomers etc... but i think mine have a mind of their own.Maybe it has to do with the enviroment their in,this summer all of mine that bloom did so all summer but they did begin at slightly different times.My DS-70 started blooming in Oct. last year & bloomed until well into Feb.It started blooming about August this year & is still blooming but we had the coolest summer i've ever seen here.The dates on the pictures are correct.

Notice the nectar dripping from the blooms,i had to keep a towel under this one while inside.

I have either a H.'wayetti' or a H. 'kentiana' not sure which one it is,have had a really hard time getting an ID but it's one or the other.It started blooming around March.
The 1st picture was taken before it had been in much sun,the 2nd it had been in the sun.It gets a very pretty red color in the sun.

The blooms on this plant & the DS-70 look so much alike,the DS-70 is more red & the 'wayetti' is more maroon.

My H. carnosa K.P. started blooming inside in March but it only had 1 bloom until this summer it has slowly gotten a few more.


H. carnosa K.Q. didn't start blooming until july but also started with only 1 bloom and has stopped blooming since temp's cooled off.

The last one i have that bloomed in July this summer is H. 'compacta'


This summer the Hoya's kind of told me what they need to bloom.I've never had that many blooming at once but it rained ,the temp's stayed in the mid-low 80's and the humidity has been off the charts.I guess that's as close to tropical weather as it will ever get here.

I do have a H. 'chelsea' & 'brevialata' that hasn't ever bloomed for me???

Sorry for all the rambling on and such a long post but i got going about my Hoya's & got carried away.I haven't had a chance to show off the blooms to anyone at all.