H. obovata
my seeds
H. wayettii - I have 3 more seed pods I'm waiting on to plant more of
they are smaller
This is a carnosa - not sure which one - just started sprouting
H. pubicalyx red buttons
H. arnottiana
I didn't get but a few from this one.
seed pics
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#3
#4 I just tamp them down lightly and mist with a little water and then put them in a warm suuny place and patiently wait.
these seed pics were of the Red Buttons
Wow, great Growing! If I ever saw a seed pod on one of my hoya's I'd probably faint! That is just so cool!
Pdoyle, fantastic luck with all of those seed pods. I wonder what is flying around your property that has polinated all of those Hoyas? Good luck raising those seedlings.
Doug
Can I ask , when you say 'mist them', is that just the once or to keep doing it so the medium dosent dry out?
Dominic
I hope that when you share them...that you make sure the recipients label them as Seedlings...and that they not go into circulation as species hoyas. I have probably said this before a gazillion times...but with growing out seedlings, say of H. arnottiana, they are shared as H. arnottiana on and on and on...and once they are a seedling, NOT a cutting, they cease to be a species. For instance...'Red Buttons' may have variations which make it really cool....but it is a seedling of a cultivar, not the cultivar.
Thanks Carol, If I trade with anyone I will make note that they are seedlings from plants I have. Most likely though they will become family gifts.
promaker - What I do is have the medium moist to begin with. tap the seedlings down and then mist them a little to "anchor" them. Then I will mist them when the soil looks dry on top. And even then it is just to keep the surface and just below moist. I will do this until they get a decent size and then start to water them instead of misting so the water goes deeper. Ofcourse with the winter coming on, I have to cut back on the watering so I just keep an eye on them to see how dry the are.
That is what i did with the Fungii seeds I grew out last year. This will be year # 2 of me doing this. Will it work? Don't know. Did I get lucky last year? Don't know. It worked last year for me and so far this year all my lil seedlings are doing fine.... so far. It's fun just trying. My family loves me trying anyway or should I say reaps the benefits when I try and succeed :)
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