Day 252: Let's make it official: H. fitchii takes the prize for Best Bloomer in my Hoya collection. Fitch, as he is lovingly known, has been producing flower clusters every six weeks or so, each one bearing more individual flowers with each successive blossoming period. Not only are the "star clusters" larger than those of Hoya bella, the former title holder, but they are deliciously fragrant, and their coppery colour is unusual to say the least. Fitch currently holds three such clusters and at least five other spurs which will come into bloom in their own good time. I haven't been paying sufficient attention to determine conclusively if they flower in rotation, but I believe so. Hoya fitchii is truly a stellar performer, the pride of my indoor garden.
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