Propagation: Hoya Plant (the indian rope), 0 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
Well I will tell you about my plant. 'Hindu Rope' seems to be a variety of the species Hoya carnosa, which I think is what I have, so they should need similar care. First of all, it seems quite tough and tolerates some neglect. I have had it for years. It is in a hanging basket with ordinary potting soil. It gets direct morning sun (I am in Seattle so sun not hot and strong like TX). I am not careful about watering but it does not wilt. When it was about 2 years old, it got mealybugs. I cut the whole thing off at the soil line and threw the top away. Then I put Bonine systemic insect killer granules on the potting soil and watered it. It sprouted up great and now is quite large. I would not do this with an outside plant because I would not want to poison my good bugs, but I use it on houseplants.

I just looked it up in my plant book. Now (spring) is a good time to take cuttings. It sounds like they root easily, but you can speed up growing a new plant by "layering" a branch. Some people even do leaf cuttings. I read somewhere they will even root in water.

So don't worry-you picked a great houseplant and I think it will be hard to kill.