We are heading into a week-long heatwave. My weather station is registering 86.8F with a very light NNE breeze. That's in the shade. In the sun, it must be well over 100F. Even with the insulating blind down here in my office, I can feel the heat radiating from the window. This time of day the sun beats in on this south-facing window directly, so it can get very warm. Nice in the winter, except the sun is so low on the horizon it dips behind the hillside by mid-afternoon. It's a different story this time of year. We have overhead fans that will get a good workout in the next few days. We keep the house pretty much closed during the hottest weather. It stays pretty cool; as the sun goes down, we open things up and gather in as much cool night air as we can during the night - and close up again as soon as the sun comes up in the morning. That is our air conditioning.
I put my palm plants outside on the deck this morning. I don't know how they will fare, but the avacado tree I put out a couple of weeks ago is loving it. My Norfolk pine didn't like being outside one bit, so I had to bring that back in. I may have had it where it got too much sun - too soon after being inside all winter. They are all big, heavy plants, so I don't like to move them around a lot. The ones outside will probably get a good drenching tonight, and that may be good for them.
I have two hoya plants. One is in a pot and is probably fifty years old, more or less. It used to flower sometimes, when the universe was perfectly aligned, but hasn't flowered for at least a decade. I took a piece of it off and stuck it in oasis in a small container with just water, and it blooms regularly. Go figure. This spring it has had at least three blooms appear. I think the flowers are beautiful, but I do not care for the smell. It's pretty overpowering.