bud drop on Hoya Carnosa
Quick answer
If your Hoya Carnosa has bud drop, the most likely cause is: Hoya carnosa drops its flower buds when the compost swings between too dry and too wet, or when the plant is moved or repotted while it is in bud, because the waxy, slow-growing vine aborts developing peduncles in response to that kind of disturbance.
Start here:
- 1. Avoid moving or repotting the plant while it is in bud or flower so the developing peduncles are not abandoned.
- 2. Check the watering regime and keep it even while buds are forming, because the compost being too dry or too wet will abort them.
Why Hoya Carnosa gets bud drop
hoya carnosa
Hoya carnosa drops its flower buds when the compost swings between too dry and too wet, or when the plant is moved or repotted while it is in bud, because the waxy, slow-growing vine aborts developing peduncles in response to that kind of disturbance.
How to reverse bud drop on Hoya Carnosa
- 1
Avoid moving or repotting the plant while it is in bud or flower so the developing peduncles are not abandoned.
- 2
Check the watering regime and keep it even while buds are forming, because the compost being too dry or too wet will abort them.
Keep bud drop off this Hoya Carnosa
Leave Hoya carnosa in the same position once buds form and keep watering steady, so the perennial peduncles can carry the umbels through to open flower.