Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hoya australis rupicola, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
For anyone worried about not giving enough water to their Hoya australis ssp rupicola, here's a photo of plants in the wild this time of year. It's normally very hot now but it's been drier than normal. The leaves on the Hoya are curling right up and becoming wrinkled. Temperatures in the shade the last couple of months have consistently been between 36C and 40C, but a lot higher out in the sun amongst rocks where this one grows. When the rains come it will become good again, just part of it's normal cycle. That's why it's so easy to kill this one with kindness.