I've been staring at this plant for months and finally broke down and picked her up. Hoya polynuera.
My 1st Hoya!!!
Other than hard water spots, she's perfect.
A very dilute solution of vinegar in water will wipe those marks off if they bother you. Just sponge it on, leave it a few seconds then gently rub them off
Dominic
Very nice Kwanjin ~ you can now 'stare' at it all the time. LOL
It is a pretty Hoya and so far, I've found it is an easy one to grow. A piece or two had accidently broken off when I brought mine home. They also rooted easily. I just haven't seen blooms yet. You will enjoy what is your first of many Hoyas.
Thanks, Dominic, I'll do that.
PF says the flowers could be a variety of colors...tan, red/purple, white...I can't wait to see what color mine turn out to be.
very nice!!! It is too warm here for me to grow it...enjoy!
I will!!! Thank you!
Good luck Kwanjin with H. polyneura. I can't grow it to save my life. Yes, it roots easily, but after that I don't find it easy at all, and I live in a cool climate.
Doug
It will be watched closely and, hopefully, given that same environment it's been in for quite awhile at Lowe's. Fingers firmly crossed...
The most beautiful H. polyneura I have seen was grown by a woman in AZ, in aircon in a small room with a lot of skylights and little water... go figger!!!
I let it dry out between waterings and then soak it....seems to like it so far..:))
Growing it on the dry/wet balance does give it a more succulent feel. I have often seen them growing wuite soft and 'lush' when in gardn centeres, Im not sure how they look in the wild
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Very lovely plant Kwanjin!! That's such a great find to get one so healthy and mature that someone else hasn't scooped up yet.
I treat mine as Dom does-pretty much like a succulent. It loves to be drenched and then I don't touch it again until its dry as dust. Mine is in on a shelf that sits in front a window facing south where it gets very bright light, and some intense direct sun as well. I've only killed one before, and it was because I threated it the exact opposite.
Happy growing!
Christine
It's good to hear how to treat it. I treat all my houseplants that way and they do well. Thanks for the tips, everyone! I'm going to enjoy it for years.
Christine, there were 4 in the store. I could never figuire out why no one wanted them. There was a variegated one and a curly leaved one, as well. I may go back and get the variegated one.
Aloha,
I am curious, why can't you grow that one? You have so many others. I live in GA and it gets hot as blue blazes here. I have two and they do fine. We also have humidity. Is this one a 'cooler' growing hoya. I have about 20, but definately no expert. Half of them bloom all the time and some every now and then and some I have yet to see a bloom on and they are all at least 2 years old.
I wondered also. My H. polyneura survived one sweltering humid summer yet now it seems to be enjoying a relatively cool GH winter. All in all, it seems to be a flexible Hoya.
Does anyone have pics of their flowers?
kwanjin: Congrat's on your lovely polyneura! I have not had luck with this one! I still have two baskets of EA plants that I purchased last summer but they don't look really great and I have doubts they will live through the year.
Here are some images of the blooms: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=images+of+hoya+polyneura&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Wv5NS_KwO8eWtgeGxPXZDA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQsAQwAA
LOL I'm starting to get nervous about it now. (not really) Few seem to have luck with it. I have my Happy Thoughts, though, and will do my best with it.
LOL, no one can go by my growing methods. I am a bad plant mom and seem to have a very short attention span which gets worse the older I get! Any plants that live at my house have to be strong and want to thrive on neglect. ^_^
Keep us posted on how you like the polyneura!
I will, Hon. No worries. ^_^
Kwan,
Like I said above, I have two and I give them no special attention. During the winter they hang in my GH at about 55 degrees, water them every now and then and during the summer they hang out on a clothesline beneath the pines. I fert. maybe twice a year (mostly because I forget). I will try to takes pictures and post later. Just don't fret over it. If you give it bright light and DON"T overwater, it will be fine. My hoyas seem to thrive on a little neglect.
I'm hearing that in other places, too. I find the "picky" plants do better if you treat them like any other. I;m not worried. I have a coleus that I have kept alive for going on it's 3rd year. My outdoor plants I fret more over because I can't monitor them every minute! LOL