Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Semi Hydro Hoyas, 1 by lourdes49

lourdes49 wrote:
This was a cutting that I was given to me in September 07 by a very generous Dg member, (that I have not seen around in a while =( ).

The H. imperialis cutting rooted very well and was doing fine. About two months ago, it started loosing leaves and others were just turning yellow for no apparent reason. I checked the roots and some were not healthy; since I didn’t want to loose it, I removed very carefully as many bad roots as I could, rinsed it out, cut it in three parts and I switched it to semi-hydro ( the “new”cuttings rooted there). I don’t have the container inside other one, I just make sure it doesn’t get direct sun light. I rinse it under the faucet every two weeks and add MSU half strength weekly. I don’t take the plant out often, but wanted to share the picture of the new roots, they look very strong and healthy the plant has put new growth very fast since then. I guess it liked it.