Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hoya 911!, 1 by duncanji

duncanji wrote:
My hoya imperialis is suffering tremendously. Ever since it turned cold last week... the plant has started to go downhill. I have it by the window where I have the best light. I have eaves on my house though, so the light isn't that great. It can also get a little chilly over there. I try to keep it pretty humid though. I have a warm steam humidifier over by the table. I have one leaf that is now almost completely yellow. Then I have two more leaves that are turning a yellow splotchy color. There were two leaf buds or starts (sorry, don't know the correct terminology) that were green when I got the plant... and now they are brown. the two top leaves that were the healthiest are still a bright green and the leaf bud closest to the top is still green. I had put it in a rather large pot (stubborn, what can I say) because I just like those fiberglass pots. Well, I think that may have been okay, if I just didn't have so much soil in the mix. So I pulled it out of the pot and went back on the forum to find the post Carol had made on rotten roots. I did have some rotten roots, or at least i think they were. I pulled on the cuticle and it came off. The sinew underneath was still white though... don't know if that means it is rotten or not. So... in any case, I pulled it out of the 8" pot and put it in a 4" clay pot. I put it in new mix that is only bark and lots of perlite. I then soaked it in water.. a little fert. and hydrogen peroxide to get the perlite moist. I am just wondering if there is anything further I should to do to save the plant. This plant has come to be one of my favorites. I love how the stem is an almost fluorescent green when it is wet. Does anyone else have any suggestions that might help me keep this one living? I would root it, but I'm still pretty new to rooting and am not confident enough yet to just chop a whole plant to smithereens and start over! 8^( Do you think that maybe it could be suffering in the adjustment from Hawaii light to dim indoor light? Thanks guys for some info!

Jeremiah the near hoya killer