H Wee Bella/ dickasonia
Stinks like something surgical
July Blooms
H loherii
Tiny flowers, and not too keen on this ones scent either
Very lovely flowers! I just got dickasonia and didn't know it was also named wee bella; I'll add that name as an aka to my list. I've had loheri for awhile, but it stopped growing when we moved a year ago so its on my special watch list.
Anyway, its Canada Day here, our independence day, and I have two Canada Day hoya flowers to share. First is one of my faves, little kanyakumariana. I had to take it outside for a decent picture; the flash kept making the white glow.
Christine
Beautiful flowers & photos.
H archboldiana starting to open tonight.
I can't believe it's July already!
Propmaker: Love the Wee Bella, so cute! And I really like the color and the tiny flowers of loherii too.
Christine: How large is your kanyakumariana plant? I have a teeny tiny one I received in trade last year. Can't wait for it to grow up and bloom.
Sunshine: that archboldiana beginning to open is so cool looking!
The only Hoyas blooming for me right now are the ever faithful brevialata and compacta. We had a storm earlier and it's still very wet and VERY humid out so this picture is a bit strange because the camera lens stayed fogged up with all the moisture in the air. It's dark out too but I had a flashlight. This is the whole brevialata plant, with a few blooms showing.
OH, tell me how you do it, Christine...I have ups and downs with that hoya...I think she likes dry and cool...
KK .. dry & cool? Oh my ... maybe that's why my little one is just sitting there not doing anything? It's out on the pool deck in the awful heat and humidity!
... I just noticed that awful photo of mine above. If someone doesn't read the post and just sees that ugly green blob they will probably really wonder about me! ^_^ The heat and humidity are awful! It's still 80º here at 12:25 a.m.
Hoyay Smoke!!! That is too hot!
My KK is doing same thing. Just sitting there. ; (
Ban Ngong Ngoy in bloom again.
I found a surprise today!
I don't ever post on my monthly blooms because it is always the same ones blooming for me. Lacunosa (really, when does this plant NOT bloom) and occasionally DS-70 and Kentiana.
Well, I have a big compacta and a sulawesi that hang in the same window together. Because the compacta is so big, I have to keep an eye on it to make sure that it doesn't dry out, but I only occasionally look over at the sula. Noticed the sula had some wrinkled leaves and whisked it over to the sink for a bottom feed of Eleanors.........there was a big fat wad of blooms already open!!!!
Keep an eye on those sneaky plants!
PS I appreciate everyone disregarding any gross misspellings = )
Oooh, would love to see a photo of your sulawesi bloom!
Hoya IML 1514
Edited to change name. this is not aff. nervosa
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First time bloomer for me - verticilliata sp Bogoi. Fragrance is nice - a little spicy.
Karen
Blooming out in the garden...H. shephardii...
This is looking up at Eriostemma sp. Sulawesi...nearly every node has an umbel
Constantly in bloom! H. affinis
H. forbesii...very dainty..pale greenish.
This is an Eriostemma...needs to be cut back as it is going to take down the tree! Looking 35' up.
Ric: Love that close up! Gorgeous bloom!
kabob: I really like the looks of that verticillata sp. bogor, pretty color! I need to get a couple of hoyas with more colorful blooms ... sounds like it smells nice too.
Carol: Are those leaves showing in the pic of shephardii belonging to that plant? I have one labeled shepherdii but the leaves are skinny. WOW! That is an amazing photo looking up into the tree at Eriostemma sp. sulawesi. Any way to get a close up of that bloom and maybe a leaf or two? H. affinis is really nice, love the large flowers on that one. I've never heard of forbesii ... nice bloom. Gee, to have a problem of cutting back Hoya's or rather Eriostemma's ... can't even imagine that but how wonderful it would be! When you cut them back do you root them? I sure hope so ... I can see sooo many new plants from the mass in that tree!
Actually Lin..I put what I cut down in the middle of the road so we can drive over it and it won't root!!! They are just too happy here!!! Between the vines and the seeds Hawaii may sink!!! I can ship you a couple of miles of vine!
Kabob...David Liddle told me that verticillata sp. Bogor is actually H. amoena...pretty name, eh?
Carol
Carol, wow! love all your flowers. Can't imagine hoya being that big, must be awesome in person.
H mathilde in bloom again.
Carol, I love this hoya H aff. fischeriana I got from you. It's budding up again and love the leaves too. Thanks!
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lin: it is a brevi and not a suli (I checked before posting)
This is the best picture that I can get on my friend's camera without the instruction manual. During the photoshoot, I noticed two more spurs in the beginning stages of development!
Carol: Oh my goodness, running over hoya vines in the road! hmmm ... My dream house in the islands would be a little cottage, with a looong road/driveway, with arbors stretching the entire length, covered in Eriostemma and Hoya vines! Aaaah ... what an image! It sure is obvious from those two photo's in your above posts that Hoyas are real, real happy in Hawaii! Oh, banish the thought of Hawaii sinking! If worse comes to worse maybe someone can ship boatloads of dirt or better yet, big big boulders to reinforce the islands! Hawaiians could trade some of those beautiful plants that grow there for the materials to keep the islands from sinking! ^_^
gaiadisciple: Yep, that sure looks like brevialata. I have two of them, frequent bloomers.
My husband and I were gone earlier today and it stormed big time. Came home to find a huge tree branch down in the backyard and large plants blown over on the pool deck and some smaller plants blown off tables and shelves. My big Epiphyllum was half in and half out of the pool and another plant was dumped over on the pool deck and the wheeled tray it was was at the bottom of the pool. Must have had a wind gust come right through the screened area.
My two H. brevialata's:
Lin, not to be off topic (but I'm going to anyway LOL) what is the plant to the left of our brevialatas with the red leaves?
Thanks. Sarah
Sarah,
That's Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/141226/
Turns very red in full sun!
This isn't a Hoya but in the same family as Hoya.
Huernia schineideriana: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/61056/
I just looked at the plant files and I think you should post your picture to show how red the plant can get. It's gorgeous!
I did upload a pic to PF last year but the plant wasn't quite as red as it is now. I will try to remember to take the time later to upload a more current pic to PF if there aren't any real red ones there.
It's been a while since I've posted pictures of my hoya. I've neglected them since this past Oct/Nov. I received african violet leaves in a trade, and that started another adiction. I've been so busy with the violets that I thought I better check my hoya. I found a few that had bloomed: lobbii, lacunosa, two different pubicalyx and my motoeski. This aftenoon I went and took pictures of the ones that are blooming now. I'll have to pay more attention. I almost missed the bloom on my pink heuschkeliana. It is not fully opened yet, but it's so cute.
DS_70
purpureo-fusca received as cinnamonifolia
krinkle 8
Eileen ... I forgot that you had gotten into African Violets! I still have a few Gesneriads (Chirita's and Episcia's, no AV's) but I find Hoyas so much easier as they do better with neglect. ^_^
Your heuschkeliana is adorable, looks lighter pink than mine. DS-70 is a dependable bloomer for me. What do you think of the fragrance on the DS-70? When I got my first plant I didn't like the smell when it finally bloomed but it's grown on me and now I really like it ... but, it is outside.
speckled lacunosa
