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I just put this plant in this tent about 2 weeks ago and it had a tiny leaf starting on this vine. I didn’t expect this lol

I found a beautiful Monstera ‘Lemon Lime’ for only $20 at my local Walmart last night!

And then I found a looking stunning Monstera ‘Thai Constellation’ with only one leaf that’s with burn marks for $25 but I asked for a discount because of its condition and they gave it to me for $10!

Obviously I brought them both home even though I already have both plants. Who could pass that up?
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Pics 1-2: Hoya BNT02099 (‘Sunrise’ x unknown) (left) and Hoya ‘Rebecca’ (right) are both bloom right now!!

Pics3-7: Hoya BNT02099 (‘Sunrise’ x unknown) flowers and full plant. The flowers are slightly spicy but will strongly of rose.

Pics 8-12: Hoya ‘Rebecca’ flowers and full plant. The flowers smell like a sweet cross between rose and dandelion. No hint of spiciness like BNT02099.

I did attempt cross-pollination however the pollinia of Hoya ‘Rebecca’ were SO small that even with 25x magnification, I was hardly able to see them. So I abandoned my attempt. Maybe I’ll get lucky and some insects will help me out with some seed pods

I got these plants last year as corms and the differences were noticeable as soon as the leaves emerged. One has a green petiole and the other is pink. The green one is lightly spotted but the pink one is heavily spotted.

The leaves also look slightly different to me.

The corms are the same size, about 3-3.5” diameter.

I apologize in advance for my relatively poor photos. I didn’t realize how bad they were until I starting writing this post.

The seed was sown in June 2023. She’s been growing like a weed this season and finally pushed out her first peduncle recently! (Not pictured).

This plant single handedly started my Hoya seeding obsession.

Hoya BNT04098 (‘Colonel Meekin’s’ x unknown)

New left (right) next to hardened off leaf (left)

This beauty started kicking out some extra large leaves! I can’t wait to see how this one grows over the summer.

I forgot to tell them happy birthday so they got a mini photo shoot and repotted afterwards to make up for it.

There are my keepers from accession code:
MV2529 (AH026 x unknown)

While repotting my Philodendron ‘Florida Beauty’ today. I noticed its roots completely wrap around and have grabbed onto the support rod! In three spots!

Plants are so cool.

No noticeable scent from these flowers but the nectar is slightly sweet.

Photo Credits to Shawn S.

Looks like we’ve got one!

14 days ago I attempted to cross my Hoya suquintuplinervis with my seed-grown Hoya MV2520-BNT04 (EPC271 x unknown). I pollinated 10 flowers on my subquintuplinervis and it looks like at least one, was a success! (The one on the right is yellowing too much for my liking and has not swelled much at all.)

Photos:
1- Day 14, follicle (left) beginning to show/swell
2- H. Subquintuplinervis flowers
3- H. Subquintuplinervis leaves
4- H. MV2520-BNT04 flowers
5- H. MV2520-BNT04 leaves

My Hoya papaschonii flowered for the first time recently and I know they are self-fertile but this one appears to have two seed pods forming on one pedicel? Is this normal for papaschonii?

Hoya burmanica (Polyneura Complex) is at it again!

The ones in the first two pics are several years old now and honestly starting to fall apart. But I’ll get use of of them until I can’t anymore.

The last two pics are a new one he whipped up a few weeks ago. The rack on the back holding the macrame cactus/stapeliads was a new touch last weekend.

Hoya papaschonii blooming again. Seed pods this time perhaps? (Self-pollinating Hoya).

One year old Thai Constellation (left) next to 4 year old Monstera Albo (right)

(Not a true comparison, the Albo was chopped at least 4 times this winter.)

First Hoya subquintuplinervis flowered (pics 1-5). The flowers smell like sweet cinnamon.

Shortly after, Hoya MV2520-BNT04 (EPC271 x unknown) flowered (pics 6-8). The flowers smell of strong dandelion.

This evening I attempted cross-pollination between the two. I deposited pollen in 14 flowers total between the two plants. It most likely was not successful but only time will tell for sure.

Photo Credits to Shawn S.

It finally opened fully!

Yes, it absolutely smells of rotting meat/old garbage but it’s honestly not at strong as I was expecting.

Amorphophallus konjac

Photo credits to Shawn S.

Only one lonely bloom on this dunk.

Hoya shepherdii

No scent yet.

Photo credits to Shawn S.

It’s taking longer to open than I expected but it also looks so much crazier than I imagined!

Amorphophallus konjac