Hey everyone! I have this hoya for a year now, doing quite well in my north-east facing window.


Today I found her very first penducle! So obviously I got incredibly stressed by it.
I always thought that my plant is a hoya australis, but when I google this type of hoya, the flowers are all white. Even the buds. Now if you look at my penducle and my buds, they are as pink as they get.



Last year my carnosa decided to have flowers and then I assume I did something horribly wrong and they turned pink and dropped. Now I'm worried that my australis is doing the same.

What do you, kind people of the garden.org community think? Are my buds doomed? Thank you for any answers!

It is always so exciting to see a peduncle and buds forming. Got to wait patiently and see what blooms it actually shows. Hopefully it is fragrant too!

Your plant may very well be Wax Plant (Hoya australis subsp. tenuipes) I don't see buds in your photo but peduncles can be pinkish in color. I'm not sure if it's due to light intensity or temperature but I've had Hoya australis for 12 or more years and sometimes the peduncles are pink in color.

My hoya really seems like the ones on the pictures. You absolutely calmed my nerves. Thank you!!

You are very welcome! You will love those beautiful and very fragrant blooms!!!

I have both H. australis subsp. tenuipes and the similar Wax Plant (Hoya australis subsp. australis) They've bloomed for me anywhere from late October to mid February!

I'm not sure why developing flowers dry up and drop off. I would assume its a water issure but which direction? I would lean towards too dry when the flowers were developing.

I think so too! But I'm also afraid to change the watering or overwatering them.

I've had peduncles as well as buds blast on Hoyas a couple of times over the years but I don't know why it happens. Someone once told me that it was due to the plant being moved from one location to another but I doubt that was the cause because my plants had been in the same location for 2+ years without being moved. It could very well be due to changes in soil moisture. I keep my Hoya plants on the dry side but they stay outside year-round and we have high humidity most of the year, which they love.

Right now our current temperature is 76ºF (24.4ºC) with humidity at 95%! It's going to be a very warm day; our high is expected to be 91ºF (32.7ºC). I'd like some autumn temperatures.

I tend to keep them dry as well.

It is autumn here, 10 °C (50 °F) outside, 22 °C (71,6 °F) inside, but in my windows it goes up to at least 26-27 °C. I'm afraid of the heating season. The air is much more dry and there is a big difference between the temperatures. Not sure how my plants will react!

I'm so happy to see someone has blooms coming!!!!

My Hoya (not sure which one) buds turn yellow then drop off. One site said too dry and another said needs continued moisture.

Hi Smamer,

Your plant is the Shooting Star Hoya (Hoya multiflora)


I had one about 12 or so years ago but it didn't survive long under my care. I think I kept it in too much heat and sun. I do have other hoyas and when they set buds, if I move them from one location to another, the buds will usually drop.

Member @tarev successfully grows this beautiful Hoya, perhaps she can offer advice.

Smamer said:My Hoya (not sure which one) buds turn yellow then drop off. One site said too dry and another said needs continued moisture.

It can be either, so you have to look at your growing conditions to decide which is the problem in your case. If you're letting them dry out pretty well, might need to water more often; if you're keeping them more on the damp side, might need to let them dry out a bit more. My bella does this a lot and I'm pretty sure it's because I'm too neglectful, personally.

Dorcena, I'm with Lin, I don't see flowers in your plant but only a peduncle. You have to wait till the buds fully open before start questioning what variety you have.

plantladylin said:Hi Smamer,

Your plant is the Shooting Star Hoya (Hoya multiflora)

• Shooting Star Hoya (Hoya multiflora)
• Uploaded by tarev

• Shooting Star Hoya (Hoya multiflora)
• Uploaded by plantladylin

I had one about 12 or so years ago but it didn't survive long under my care. I think I kept it in too much heat and sun. I do have other hoyas and when they set buds, if I move them from one location to another, the buds will usually drop.

Member @tarev successfully grows this beautiful Hoya, perhaps she can offer advice.

I always keep Hoya shooting star with damp media. In the earlier years, I even have to make it sit in water. It is very water needy. It likes cooler conditions indeed, at times it will just drop the peduncle if it senses too much hot temps. So this plant is always indoors here by our west facing sliding doors. Then I have to draw the curtains to protect it from excessive afternoon sun. Or it is its way to be ready for new growth of a newer set of leaves and peduncles.

I also found out that I can coax new leaf growth on the exposed lower bare part of the stem where older leaves have already fallen off, by spritzing water on the nodes. Learning something new