Side view of my hoya flower

Oh so beautiful Jenny!! I've never seen this flower before. So interesting and different!

OMG Jenny...I typed in Christmas Eve on my post when I meant to say New Year's Eve...I can't stop laughing!!! I have to go visit everyone who pointed it out, I am blushing bright pink!! :D

Oh that's okay then, as long as you call it the same as we do, otherwise I'd be all over the place!!!!

You've never seen a hoya before? I have other photos showing how they look on the plant - I'll send it to you. It's an amazing plant. The flowers come out looking as if they're plastic, then after a couple of days they suddenly open out and each flower looks as if they're made of fluffy material and then they start oozing nectar or some such liquid, that's the heavy scent. Then they stop oozing and they just stay all opened up for another couple of weeks or so. So the total time for the flower from beginning to the end is around 2 to 3 months!!!! As my plant is so old (around 25 years old) it's well established and it gives me so many flowers each year. I think I got around 30 this year. The last flower only fell off the plant last week!!!

HOLY COW, Jenny! That is really amazing to hear of this flower's long lifespan...very reminiscent of an orchid. I wonder if they grow wild in the same place...lol...I just looked...YEP! Asia, and that's where Phalanopsis (Moth Orchid) grows in the wild. Super cool. I found a nice page on them too: www.thespruce.com/hoya-plants-1315763

I'd love to have one but they would never grow where we live. But I see they are commonly grown as house plants! Hmmmm, maybe I will look into getting one! :) I'll need to see their minimum comfort zone because we keep the heat very low in our house. Neat though, thanks for the introduction! :)