I've heard (and seen pictures) that RHP can bloom light pink and dark pink from the same plant at the same time....in fact, there can even be dark pink/black blooms and light pink in the same umbel...that's one of the reasons that one of its cv. names is "chimera"...I think you can never tell which color will come out at any given time...it's a weird plant :-)
Shelley
August Flowers
Why don't you try it in less light. Mine is climbing that tree and the indirect light is not all that bright.
Great flowers everyone!
This one's blooming for the second time. The first time was during our move last year and I couldn't find the camera.
I got it with the label "H. Alba Hybrid" but the grower said it might be H. motoskei. It has quite round leaves, with some splashing. The flowers are pure white.
Any guesses?
Christine
Carol, Joni,
My Tanna blooming. See more white than pink, hmm.
Dee
I got this from a nursery by my mothers, they just called is Hoya, I think it is a Carnosa, but not sure what kind, maybe just plain old Carnosa. It is still pretty and the plant is loaded. I think I caught a faint smell of chocolate, but couldn't be sure. Maybe just a craving.
OK Carol,
This little baby is almost all the way open. Davidcumingii. I haven't even had it a month I think.
Dee
Ooopps! getting a little late for me.
Christine,
A while back I posted a comparison of carnosa-like hoyas. Here it is again for you. The 'Lime' was bought as H. carnosa 'Lime', but I thought it looked just like my motoskei (by the leaves) so I potted both plants together... Now I can't tell which vine is which! :-)
/Christina
Double H. lobbi bloom this plant pretty much blooms year round for me.
Doug
The entire plant. This has to be in my top ten favorite Hoya list for ease of growth, propagation, and blooming.
Doug
Doug, nice lobbi you got there.
Very nice Doug. Always nice to see an entire plant too. I see youre getting the same spotting on the leaves Im getting. Does anyone have a photo to share of H odorata. A large plant that hasnt been grown around a hoop. Personally I dont like plants around hoops, but the H odorata I have has branches about 2 feet in length that sprawl, and until I have a better idea of how its going to keep growing, Im not sure what to do with it..:))
Dominic
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Thanks Christine.
Dee
Thanks Christina; yes, the leaves are the key in this one. Its definitely not regular carnosa; I've had many of those over the years and none of them have leaves as uniformly round. I am going to go with motoskei on this one then, since 'Alba Hybrid' appears to be a made-up name anyway. The flowers also seem larger than I remember a regular carnosa flowers being but I'm going to measure them uust to be sure. Thanks!
Christine
Dominic,
Yes, I have three H. lobbi and they all get those yellow spots. I think that it just means they are getting good light and they are healthy. If you are looking for gorgeous folliage, lobbi may not be the best Hoya choice, but after a while the plant really grows on you. Here is photo of a new bloomer for me - a three year old plant that I almost tossed last year, because of a spider mite infestation. Now I'm really glad that I hung on to it -Hoya coriacea.
Here is the entire H. coriacea palnt.
Doug
Here is H. lamingtoniae.
Doug
H. linearis still looking good after 10 days - a very long lasting bloom.
Doug
Great hoyas Doug......the linearis is gourgeous. I had mine outside but had to bring it in to the AC....the Florida heat is not for linearis...or thomsonii or engleriana.
Doug, I just google mapped you. You are almost in Canada, right? I'm "new" to hoyas (29 hoyas, 3 dischidias) and I don't have much bloom yet but you've really inspired my hoya juices!
Thanks Boojum and Ric,
I am pretty close to Canada as the crow flies. I think the biggest thing that I have learned about Hoya is to stick with it. I've had more set backs and had to restart most of these plants a few times. If you can get a plant to live to 2-3 years of age, it will bloom for you!
Doug
H. nicholsonii
H. cagayanensis aka H. pimenteliana
Very sweet and fragrant in the evening
Well, thank you Joni, I knew I had cagayanensis by another name only I'd forgotten what it was. Lovely, lovely flowers everyone. This has been a really great month for flowers.
Doug, do you find lamingtonae to be a vigorous grower? I had new growth on mine within a month of getting the cutting.
Christine
I agree ... lovely blooms this month everyone! I really enjoy gazing at all these beauties, some I have never heard of ... my "wish" list is really getting long! Maybe I should do something about that, either buy more plants or start deleting a few from the list, LOL. Oh ... hey, I just realized if I buy more, then I can delete those from the list - duh! ^_^ Older blonde here!
I keep saying I'm going to get rid of lots of generic plants to make room for more hoya's ... maybe I should make that my project for the fall!
That sounds like a great project. I've given away most of my houseplants twice now for collections. I have a lot more plants when I have collections! LOL.
Doug, thanks for the info about how you have made several starts on some. I have some big plants that have survived 2 years now, so I will be patient. Almost all my plants are growing new leaves. We live in a big double barn in a 3 story apartment and we have this porch room (where they used to load the hay) with giant doors that open up to a view of the garden and this is where the hoyas live on wire shelves. It faces north but they get nice afternoon sun indirectly.
I was wondering how to grow linearis. I've done one in and am thinking of getting another but not until I know what I'm doing.
Don't remember the name of this one.
This is H. Kerii.
Nice Photos Jeri. I just received three types of H. kerri from the DL Spring/Summer Order and I love the leaves, and after seeing your flower, I can't wait for that to happen as well.
Christine, my lamingtonae is two years old lives in one of those white 4 inch hanging pots that everyone uses, and its growth has been very up and down. It rooted quickly and did well when I first received it, and then I did something it did not like and went into an eight month sulk started growing again and then another 8-10 month hibernation. It seems to only grow in the summer, and right now it is growing like crazy, but in a couple of months I'm sure it will completely stop and get the dry stick syndrome.
Boojum, your plants look very happy! My linearis came from four cuttings that I received around 15 months ago that someone took off from one of those EA baskets. It rooted well, and then was beginning to die in the chunky mix that I use. I took more cuttings and started two in the semi-hydro method. One died and the other looks pretty good, but I still feel that it wouldn't take much to lose this one either. I only have four strands of it still. Apparently it is capable of flowering 6-8 months after starting from a cutting, because that is what mine did. If I ever obtained one of those EA baskets, I would take a lot of cuttings from it and try them in all kinds of different conditions to see which one would work best for me.
Doug
Thanks Doug, now I know what to expect anyway. Most of my hoyas stop growing over the winter, likely due to the quality of light that they get at my latitude. Maybe they figure they should be dormant, even though they're warm enough and cared for. Perhaps its just part of adjusting to their environment. Of course if I weren't such a cheapskate I might invest in artificial lighting for them ... instead I bought a house with big windows ... lol
Christine
I live in Florida and my hoyas seem to slow down and stop growth during the winter as well ... I figured it was just normal that the plants sensed the change of seasons. Our winters are quite short here, Dec. Jan. and Feb. is when I notice most plants not doing much, if anything. When the weather begins warming in March they begin to perk up and of course grow like crazy in the heat and humidity of summer.
I have a little teeny piece of linearis left from one of the EA baskets I bought on line a couple of months ago. That one just does not like it here, it went down hill from day one! Of course, when I received it, I immediately hung it outside where it got drenched every day with all the rain we've been having this summer. If I ever try it again I might leave it inside in the air conditioning to see if it fares any better.
Yes, that's what I heard ... after I let it drown, LOL.
Almost forgot...Little Hoya picta
Lin...hoyas, like all plants, are phototropic. They gauge the length of light in the natural days (without artificial light) and as December 21/22 is the Winter Solstice they, naturally, begin to go dormant as the days get shorter. It takes a while for the lengthening days to impact their regrowth... Even here I don't bother trying to root cuttings after August.... Mine never go dormant, but they do slow down their growth/blooming. I am finding a lot of growth right now - a final hurrah? - and lots are blooming!!!!
a reminder for you EA plant killers out there:
if you buy from Lowe's or Home Depot, don't forget to keep your receipt!!!!!! They both have a one year warranty against plant death/murder
LOL, I've known about that for years but have never returned a plant. I figure if a plant dies, it's my fault for not figuring out it's wants and needs.
Joni and all,
I purchased H. cagayanensis from Ted Green last year, but the flowers do not look like the flowers on your plant above. Does anyone know what Ted is selling as H. cagayanensis? His H. cagayanensis has beautiful flowers and foliage, but must be mislabeled.
Thanks,
Mike
My first DL order last year I purchased cuttings of cagayanensis but when it arrived it was labeled as something else ... long name beginning with a p if I remember correctly, it didn't survive. I think I remember someone telling me the name had changed.
Lin,
Joni has this posted above her photo:
"H. cagayanensis aka H. pimenteliana"
So H. pimenteliana must be the "new" name. (:o) It's hard to keep up with all of the name changes. Is there this much name confusion around other plant Genus'?
Mike