Why would you shelter this from the rain? I would think the rain would help the buds open. Rainwater works miracles and can do things fertilizer, prayer and the best of care won't do.

I sheltered it because it was raining every day and I was afraid it was getting too much. Some of the leaves started to get a little weird and mushy, so I made a little umbrella for it. That was a couple months ago and the leaves are doing better now. But anyway its been raining hardly at all while the buds have been developing so it wouldn't have made much difference.
And my mom's hoya is never outside and it still blooms..

They're opening!!

nice flowers i havent had any yet lol i can hope lol,
no wonder my KQ is not doing as well it has 3x the amount of white and only light green in the middle and over the winter the amount of white probably didnt help. (its coming into spring here) sorry for stealing the post

I don't mind, I love to hear about other people's plants too. :)
Maybe if you put it outside soon where it can get some extra light and heat it will bloom for you! Or at least grow some more.. maybe even put out some leaves with more green. Mine has many leaves with more white than this, but luckily the majority of leaves it's been putting out are pretty green.
I was giving up on it blooming this year though, because it's still pretty young. But finally, at the end of summer, here we are. :)
How long have you had your plant?

i bought it just before winter so probably not a good idea going from a nice warm shop with artificial lighting to my house with 3 sunny facing windows, i cant wait for my plant to look a bit better it has a few peduncles on it already yay its warming up here cant wait for summer lol

Your KQ is beautiful - thanks for posting!

Lisa

I agree!! Beautiful picture of your opening buds!! Congrats...good things come to those who wait (even though it seemed like forever,lol...) BTW, I HATE waiting too! Enjoy!

Remember that darker green leaves means the plant is in lower light and this is not a reflection of health. Hoya carnosa blooms much better when it has medium to light green leaves although most people don't like the look of light green leaves. Just remember you either get those beautiful dark emerald green leaves and no flowers or lighter green leaves and blooms.

Squidy congratulations on the blooms.

Mike

Squidy: Such a pretty bloom.. is it fragrant? I assume that when my recently acquired KQ blooms, they will look like that?!... lovely... good job!

Mike... thanks for the tidbit regarding darker vs lighter green leaves!... that is an easy to remember and important piece!... thanks... Eileen

Thanks guys!

Fragrant is a word for it, I guess, lol. It kind of smells like chocolate, but not in the best way. It sure doesn't smell like my mom's hoya, her blooms always smell gorgeous.

And thanks for the tip Mike, maybe I'll look for a brighter place to hang it next summer. :)

Beautiful! I have H. Krimson Queen too, my favorite hoya.

Beautiful flower, please keep us up dated on its developement and thanks for posting the picture!

Mitzi

Just wanted to say I love that photo you took of those buds. I find it so thrilling when someone takes a photograph of a too familiar Hoya from a new perspective and we get to flush with pleasure over it all over again.

Thanks greedyghost. :)
Here are some pics I took of it today.

Took some of the whole plant, too, but they turned out blurry..

Gosh I just -love- when you folks get right up there and show the blooms on these! They look fuzzy!
Thank you for sharing. :)

~Tina

Great pictures of a beautiful bloom. I love the close-up picture. It really shows the flower.

Beautiful! Great shots, squidy! Love them! I like the close-up shots too. There's something about them that makes me feel like I get to live inside the head of a bee for a couple seconds.