African Violets and Gesneriads: June Flowers OT, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Gail, I thought your australis had bloomed already? I got one from you that isn't nearly as big as the one in your photo and it bloomed last year. It was located out in my pool area in the sun so I don't know if that had anything to do with it blooming.

My sister and brother in law were visiting from South Florida a few weeks ago and I gave that hoya to her as well as a full blooming wayetti and blooming lacunosa! I should have just given her rooted divisions instead of the entire plants but I do have two more australis, one more wayetti and also another lacunosa. I'm just not sure if the australis I still have are the same one as I got from you because these haven't bloomed yet. One australis I have left is an EA plant and the other I got in trade.

My sister and brother in law love plants but both work full time and don't have a lot of time for tending plants. Hoya's seem to be easy care and don't require a lot of attention so hopefully they will do well for them and their giant dogs won't eat them! They have three huge dogs, one is an English Mastiff that weighs @ 215 lbs now and the other two are right at 100 lbs. It's the Mastiff I think who ate plants in the past.


This is the H. australis I got from you that I gave to my sister: