I have the nearly the exact same story. My grandma has had a Hoya Carnosa in her livimg room since the year I was born. This year I am 21 and she sent me a photos of her Hoya flowering. We were both shocked.

My story is also similar! A friend of mine has a 13 year old Hoya that never flowered for her until it was 10 years old, and only produced a single peduncle. She gave me a couple cuttings off it shortly after, and within 2 years I had a nice full plant, and then also a single peduncle flowering! The next year (this year) it has given me over 50 flower clusters! Many re-flowering on the same peduncles.

That's awesome! Congratulations 👏🥳💖

@@AutomHatter is your growing conditions different from your friend? What is your lighting situation and watering schedule? Substrate?

​@@xyz-pg3zd Well, Mine gets really bright indirect light. It sits right next to an east facing window. If I am not careful I have scorched the leaved from letting it be in direct sun but it certainly loves as much light as you can possibly give it without the direct light hitting it much/at all. My friend had hers next to a north facing window so not nearly as bright and never any direct light. As for watering, I only water her half as often as all the rest of my plants. In winter I will only water her once every month or two. She takes a similar frequency of water as a snake plant if you have experience with those. Maybe just a little more water than a cactus. How I know it needs a drink is if I can bend the leaves a tiny bit. A healthy, well watered hoya will have firm, rigid leaves that almost feel like plastic. Hard to bend without feeling like you are going to snap a leaf in half. When she is thirsty I can feel the leaves are more pliable. A couple may even show just a slight wrinkling on the back. Definitely due for water then. I do not know what you mean by substrate. Hope all that helps!

What hoya did you get?

@@xyz-pg3zd Hoya Carnosa

@@JonEvans818 nice. Original? krimson queen?

How's it doing?

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Cathy I did this with one of my Hoya and two days later all it’s Peduncles fell off:( I am not sure if it was related, but it was the only change I had made in my Hoya care. Now I am afraid to do this to any of my other Hoyas

@@denisepattison3211 Sad! You did which thing - orchid fertilizer, worm castings (guessing not that one), or misting?

What's the other one?

Yes, very normal, I gave one to my Step~mama once and she swore it was reaching for her...she's long gone but that plant is still thriving

with my Hoya, most of the leaves are half white and green, and when new leaves push out they're super pink and as it grows the pink will fade. don't worry tho, you'll get more pink ones it grows bigger

If you sunstress the white leaves/white areas of the leaves, they will turn pink! Just give them more sunlight without burning them. It works best with newer leaves

Gloria A. Depends, you wanna repot when you see the roots sticking out of the pot.

@@jessicamelendrez8 Nope. No roots hanging out of the bottom. Thanks a lot, Jessica. Big help.

Wait to repot. Takes a long time to establish it's root system.

Sounds like it needs more water

What I did that worked well with my krimson princess is use regular potting mix and mixed with orchid bark and perlite. I don't know about ratios... Just kinda eyeballed it.

Taco test works for this one!

MC Palko I’m new here. Could you tell me what the taco test is please?

@@sharoncummins2907 gently feeling the leaf like almost pinching it and if it is soft and wrinkly it needs watering

@@Amanda-fo2bc thank you!!

He has a video

krimson queen/tricolor/albomarginata are different names for the same white-edged variety. krimson princess has variegation in the center with green edges.

HAHA! I could have written the exact same thing myself :)

I have close to 200 different varieties of Hoya, I find they won’t grow up top until they’ve filled out the pot with roots. So if you’ve put it in a larger pot for the size of the plant it could take months to a year for it to start growing new leaves! In my experience anyways 😊

Silvia Sellerio same! I don’t get it😂

@@reidrow I've had a Hoya Publicalix (can't spell) for about 8 years. When I repotted it 2 years ago, it stopped growing, just stayed alive. Maybe the larger pot was the problem. Thanks.

Thanks Rowen , you might be right! I too haven’t seen any growth for a long time.. but now am assured ☺️

Try giving it an extra week between waterings, once or twice. This 'gentle drought' can often kick the flowering into gear.

Perlite is essentially volcanic rock, is lighter with a larger surface area due to its composition and aerates the soil. It doesn't hold on to water in the same way vermiculite will. Agricultural grade Pumice has a smaller surface area, is heavier and retains even less water. It adds more drainage. Both will help avoid overwatering and poor soil structure; It depends on your conditions and your plant species as to which is ideal. I find pumice is amazing for small succulents as it weighs the pot down and helps stabilize it but for an aroid or plant that grows out of soil in the wild (like hoyas) I would opt for perlite every time. Hope this helps! X

What other plants do you have? I'm having 2nd thoughts on this plant now... just dealt with mealy bugs on other plants..