H. multiflora, we have all seen it a million times, but it is still a great plant!
October Flowers
H. nummularoides with its heavenly aroma.
Entire plant.
What a fabulous Plant.
Charleen
Charlene, Thanks and if you ever find H. nummularoides at your local Home Depot or Lowes pick it up, because it is one of the easiest to grow, best looking, and rewarding Hoyas that Exotic Angel offers.
Doug
I will keep an eye out for it. I only have
one Hoya, but I love looking at you all.
When it blooms I willbe sure to get you a pic.
Do you snip the ends off after they bloom to
encourage them? I haven't but I have been tempted to.
Charleen
Sorry, i bet you nearly swollowed your chewing gum!!!! I didn't know?
I haven't done it , it the one in that little shell up above. It is my company
when I do the dishes. there is nothing going to happen to her.
But I sure enjoy her. Sorry, again.
Charleen
I love that one called leucorhoda ... nice foliage and bloom! I have a little bit of nummularoides left from a full basket a year or so ago, it just seems to be barely hanging on, hasn't bloomed in a long time but is one with a lovely fragrance!
Doug, are all of your beauties under grow lights right now? I've been thinking of dragging a plant stand back in from the Florida room and hooking the lights up again. I used to have four stands with lights when I was growing a lot of Gesneriad's. Maybe I will set one back up for Hoyas!
Christine, It's o.k. I'm sort of silly sometimes.
Charleen
Lin, most of my Hoyas are under grow lights, not by choice, but simply because I don't have nearly enough windows to go around. Even if I do have a window, where I live the sun rarely shines, and if that is not bad enough, I live in a valley so I get the sun late in the morning and lose it early in the afternoon. I would not be getting all of these blooms without lights.
Doug
the blooms are Beautiful
Aaah ... well, you do a wonderful job of growing them, your plants are happy, healthy and beautiful, whether in bloom or not!
I'm repotting my nummularoides after its done blooming. It is one that should most def. be in a hanging pot. I cant see mine flower very b/c its in a regular pot. You can't just bend the stems around to get a good look.
Doug, How do you grow your multiflora, I can't grow that one to save my life and would love too! i have tried 3 times now and the last time it made it for 8 months then ... just died.
Pdoyle, Here is what I what I wrote about multiflora a few months ago:
"I have to chime in on H. multiflora as well. I've had it now for over seven years, and this is my experience. The first few years it grew very slowly, because I knew nothing about this plant, and treated it like all my houseplants in that I fertilized every couple of months, and watered when dry. It flowered once or twice a year; the leaves never turned yellow or fell off. After finding this forum a couple of years ago, I learned that it really liked to be kept wet and started fertilizing every time I watered; it started growing like a weed, and never was without flower, sometimes having six to eight flowering peduncles at one time. I thought this was the easiest hardest to kill houseplant of all time and advocated that everyone who keeps houseplants should keep it. Then...
Late last Summer it started to go down hill; the leaves began getting chlorotic and falling off. It still was never without flower, but after finally getting sick of picking off yellow leaves, I pulled it out of the pot and there was considerable root rot. I tried cleaning off all the bad roots and repotting it, but after a few more months of yellow leaves, I lopped off all the stems and rerooted it in semi-hydro. I recently moved it from S-H back into my conventional mix along with most of my other s-h experiments, but that is another topic for another day.
Here is what I now believe: It is possible to over water a multiflora; the soil should be moist, but never wet; they like bright filtered light; it prefers warmth with at least a little humidity in the air, and finally the thing that I now know to be true more than anything else - never take your H. multiflora for granted; it can go south in a hurry, even after years of easy growing."
I should add that I cut off all the blossoms a few weeks ago, because of the mess and they've all grown back and have opened.
Doug
Well, the bloom finally opened on my H. pubicalyx Royal Hawaiian Purple, from the cutting received in the Spring 2008 DL order. It still has the DL tag on it but it ISN'T the RHP, but rather looks to be Pink Silver. I specifically ordered and really wanted the RHP after seeing pic's posted on the threads as well as the photo's in Plant Files but I guess life is full of surprises sometimes, so now I have two Pink Silver's (one was received in a trade a couple of years ago.) Even though it isn't RHP, the bloom is still pretty and I love it!
I don't know Lin, I had a question about my red buttons one time b/c it bloomed very light and looked nothing the pictures I had seen on DG. i contacted mr Liddle (may he rest in peace) and he verified that I indeed had Red Buttons and that the difference in the colors may have to do with the different growing conditions. It bloomed again this year a little darker. Not much darker though. I'll have to see if I still have the email from him.
dawn
Thanks Dawn! I wondered if maybe it could have something to do with conditions. I know since moving the plant to much higher light the foliage color has lightened quite considerably. This morning I moved it back to a bit shadier spot on the deck and for the time being I will keep the DL tag on it and see if there is any change the next time it blooms.
Dawn is very correct...color of flowers is at the bottom of the "how to ID a plant" list.
Almost every description you read of RHP or Red Buttons says that the flowers can be EITHER dark pink (like "Pink Silver") OR nearly black...there can be two different colored umbels on the same plant, or even two different colored flowers in the same umbel...Chris Burton (bless her heart) says that in the case of the "black" flowers, what you're seeing is very warm conditions causing the flower's sap to run over the corona--when the dark sap is seen through the transparent hairs on the corona it gives it that "black" look...so I would GUESS that to see more dark flowers you need to give them more warmth...of course I have no idea if Ms. Burton is correct, but it's worth experimenting with...
Shelley
Oops...I meant "corolla" not corona....sorry...
Gee ... I'm getting old! Now that you've mentioned it, I do remember not too long ago (actually I think it was probably in the last month!) someone here on one of the threads talking about RHP and Red Buttons blooms could be darker or lighter in color!
Well ... I live in a very warm, humid climate so maybe it's just waiting until next year to show some darker colored blooms? I'm a Pink kinda gal, pink has always been my favorite color but I really loved the photo's I've seen posted of RHP with the very dark purple like blooms!
Lin, I think that is a beautiful flower. I have three varieties of publicalix, and they have never bloomed for me. I don't think I have enough light to offer them.
Doug
Thanks Doug. I have another one I received in trade a couple of years ago that the lady only knew as Hoya Silver Pink. It is a pubicalyx so I'm sure it's probably Pink Silver, but it has yet to bloom for me.
I just took another close up of my RHP bloom, different time of day and different light makes for a different perspective. I was disappointed this morning but the more I look at it, how could I be disappointed, it's still a nice bloom.
I'm with you Lin---I have an RHP and a Red Buttons, neither of which has bloomed yet, but when they do I really hope they have the dark flowers...those photos you see of them are just gorgeous, but I can't think, off-hand, of anyone on this forum who has gotten those dark blooms....it seems like they all bloom pink...sigh...I don't know what the secret is, but if I find out I'll let you know :-)
Shelley
Here's my RHP
Joni
Here's my Red Buttons
Joni
Wow, big difference but both really beautiful!
Well FINE Joni...:-D....what's your secret?
Shelley
Secret?...I have no secrets...you all know that!
My RHP is hanging outside under an oak tree and gets little or no attention from me...the Red Buttons gets full Florida sun...under the screened patio...and regular care which includes misting, foliar feed, some bloom boosting and a good watering about twice a week? Totally opposite care but both bloom nearly identical...dark. If their foliage was not very different I would swear they are the same plant from the blooms.
I love the pubicalyxs!
Here's Bright One.
Joni
Bright One is one of my favorites.....
those are the most beautiful color hoyas.
Thank you for shareing.
Charleen
Well, what I've learned from all of this is that next Spring I'm ordering RHP and/or Red Buttons from Joni! :-)
Shelley
Here is my first bloom on the H. merrillii I got from David Liddle in 2008. It was outside all summer and didn't start to bloom until I brought it into the plant room about 2 weeks ago.
And here is the first H. cumingiana bloom I got this year. I cut the plant back severely last fall and it bloomed in the plant room in December 2008 under the T-5 lights, but never bloomed all summer when it was outside in the a very sunny spot of the deck. Grew like crazy, but no blooms until I brought it back inside.
Suz, your merrillii leaves & flowers are beautiful! I need to give more sun to mine.
Suz: Your H. merrillii is beautiful! I got one in trade from Ricfl a year ago and it's one of my favorites for pretty foliage! I can't wait to see blooms on mine!
Those cummingiana blooms are so pretty too! I have cummingiana that I got from two different trades a year ago. It's a decent size now but no signs of peduncles yet, probably because it isn't too happy with me. I need to make up my mind how I want to grow it. I had it in a hanging basket, then read it was more of a shrub type so I repotted it in a container, but it has long thin branches that flop over so I tied it to a trellis. I've been thinking next spring I might chop it back to see if the branches will get stronger and not be so thin and floppy. I ended up repotting it again onto a metal spiral trellis. Geesh, Hoya's must be strong, with a will to live if they can take my abuse! ^_^
Question for those in the know.
What is the correct spelling for Hoya cummingiana? I've been spelling it with two m's but I just noticed in PF it has just one letter m: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57741/
When I google cummingiana this shows up: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=hoya+cummingiana&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
But, when I google using only one m, lots more links as well as images show up: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hoya+cumingiana&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
I know it's not a huge deal but I really would like to know how I should be spelling it.