I've never seen one with flower stems that long either! When I read the name, I thought, "Hey, wait! I have that one & it doesn't look like THAT!" Then I figured out...mine is erectiLOBA. Nice plant! And BEAUTIFUL snap of the bloom.

This is a cold hardy variety. When I first ordered the bulbs maybe 15 years ago I had no idea that they smelled like rotting meat and planted them by the front door. They are now at the far end of the yard, near the street. I love watching the reaction of people walking by that bend down to smell the pretty flower. lol Out of the mouths of babes. lol I've been mortified more then once when my kids said things like that. At least you were good natured about it. I wish everyone was as understanding.

My Hoya bloomed for the first time this year. I moved it into my bedroom where my mother was convalescing after hip surgery (I thought it would be nice to have a plant in the room) but she insisted on sleeping on the sofa. After she had left, and I got my bedroom back, I thought that she had accidentally urinated in the bed and was too embarrassed to tell me. There was this sickly sweet urine smell that was so strong at night that it kept me from sleeping. I finally discovered, after washing everything twice and using enzyme spray all over everything, that it had to be something else. Thankfully, I realized it was the Hoya!! So time to move the plant to a better ventilated area. Yuck!!! Pink flowers that turn to cream.

Did you ever find a solution? I'm in a similar boat. A set of vintage Tupperware canisters I found at the thrift store and didn't realize smelled musty until I was washing them at home. I've tried baking soda, borax, dishwasher, vinegar. So far the best thing has been letting them air outside in the sun. Now the containers themselves smell fine, but the lids are still faintly musty smelling. I'm hesitant to use bleach, but I'm thinking next would be the newspapers and/or charcoal trick. The smell is on the outside of the containers, not the inside of them so I'll have to maybe put them all in a big plastic tote with a lid because simply closing the containers with an odor removing substance inside wouldn't help the outside surface, would it?