Oh boy, oh boy, OH BOY!!  Can you tell I'm excited??  On Sept. 21st, I found a seed pod on my Hoya pachyclada.  I couldn't believe my eyes!  I've been growing Hoyas for 35 years and this is the first time I've ever had one develop a seed pod.  I've only seen them in photos until now.  And most of the people who get them are down in Florida or southern California where they can grow them outside.  So I was definitely excited!  Here are a couple of photos of the pod...

I don't know why it turned my photo, but I guess at least you can see the seed pod emerging from the peduncle.  And here's a closeup of the pod...

It's about 4" long, reminds me of a greenbean.  Very cute!  So I posted on GW about my seed pod and a reader suggested to contain the seeds when it "bursts", use a twist tie spiraled around the pod.  So here's how that looked when I got done:

So I watched, and watched, and watched, and... well, you get the idea.  It was like waiting for water to boil or grass to grow.  I was told that it would probably take "at least a couple weeks" for it to ripen.  But after a month, I was starting to wonder if it was going to do anything at all. 

Well, a couple days ago, I got an e-mail from a Hoya bud in Arizona (Awanda) who sent me a photo of a seed pod.  I opened the e-mail just before I was going to bed and on seeing her photo, realized I hadn't looked at my seed pod for a couple days.  So I went to the GH and pulled the pot out (it's pretty dark in there at night) and sure enough, it had burst!  I was so excited, but it was late and decided I'd deal with the seeds the next day.  So yesterday, I took this photo first:

That was obviously an excellent suggestion on now to contain the seeds - worked like a charm!  Look at all that fluff and all those seeds!!  So I first turned off the ceiling fan, then carefully unwound the twist tie, and I was amazed at now many seeds there were!

And here is a closeup of the dried outer pod and the inner seed-holder (I'm sure there's a technical name for this, but I don't know what it is!)

Interesting, huh?  I guess there's always something new to learn in this hobby! 

So I took a large tomato container I'd saved - you know, one of those you get about a dozen roma tomatos in from Sams.  Clear plastic, about 10" long, 6" wide, maybe 5" deep, with a plastic spring lid.  It's got some air holes in it, though I was told it would be best not to have too much air flow at first so I covered them.  I put a thin layer of soil in the bottom, scattered the seeds evenly, then topped it with just a bit of perlite to hold the "fluff" down.  I set it on top of my aquarium for a bit of heat and I guess now I just wait and see if they germinate.  Yeehaw!!!