Specialty Gardening: Belated Happy Birthday to our fauna4flora, 0 by Chantell

Chantell wrote:
What an absolutely adorable & perfect gingerbread house!! Hmmm....me thinks I have to do that with my Chloe!!!! Great idea F4F!!!
As for the Lacunosa - I don't think of her as pretty - least not in the normal sense...nothing like Bella (see below a single from Bella's cluster) but the scent is simply magical! The bloom cluster is very small maybe the size of the tip of a lady's pinkie finger. I just checked mine and I've got at least 4-5 clusters forming - I'll try to get pics in the AM (when there's light). Lacunosa's one of the smaller - slow growing hoyas - I've had her for 5+ years and she's still in a 4" pot...although I've noticed increased growth rate since putting in a different spot where she gets more (filtered) sun. Her little bloom clusters can subtlety scent a small room. So many times I remember walking into my bedroom and thinking ahhhhh - what IS that scent...just barely lingering on the air - eventually I'd figure it out as I'd get closer to her...she "gets" me every time though. A baby powdery yet spicy scent...difficult to describe as I can't think of anything that's similar. For all you scent seekers....she's a must.


This message was edited Dec 2, 2008 10:08 PM