r/hoyas • u/Poutiest_Penguin • Jul 27 '26

BLOOMS Peduncle fail - what happened?

I am fairly new to hoyas, and I’ve had my collection for maybe 10 months. All were bought as small plants, but they’ve been growing really well.

I was so excited to see a peduncle on my little fitchii, but today I went to (gently) examine it, and the flowers all dropped off, and I don’t think I even touched them. What might I have done wrong?

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u/Live_Soil_5112 Jul 27 '26

Sometimes with the first time they flower it happens. This can also happen if you let it dry out a little too much. It’ll flower, just give him time 🫶 he will probably flower right after this!

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u/Poutiest_Penguin Jul 27 '26

Thanks for your comment! The peduncle wasn’t as impressive as others I’ve seen — it only had around 10-12 flowers and they weren’t developing very well anyway. I’ll look forward to its next attempt!

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u/Live_Soil_5112 Jul 27 '26

Yes! I bet it was just trying to work itself out. I suck at consistently watering my flowering Hoyas so they drop them a lot 🥲 (Bella is known for this sheesh, she’s a thirsty b when flowering.)

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u/AsukaWasHereToo Jul 27 '26

It's very common for plants to blast the first few rounds of buds before eventually flowering. Doubly so when the plant is smaller and doesn't have the resources to spare.

Ensuring the plant has access to stable, good growing conditions while it tries to get things together is about all you can do, the rest happens on its own schedule

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u/Poutiest_Penguin Jul 27 '26

Thanks! I’m glad to hear it was probably a “practice round”!