Dose any one know the names of these? I lost the tags that came with them.
Lost Names
Difficult to say from picture but likely H. pubicalyx or H. carnosa.
PanamonCreel, Thanks, I will try to put a better picture in a little later. I just got these. So they haven't even bloom. But I do love all hoyas. :) LOL
Binky, are you having fun yet? It's exciting when you find the flowers hanging upside down. I've been on vacation, so I must go out and look and see what is new in flower. I'm short , and mine are hanging, but they still surprise me. This is also a new species for me to learn. Norma
PanamonCreel, here are some more pictures.
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PanamonCreel, hope these are better. i am not very good at taking pictures. lol
Crasulady2, I am having so much fun!!! Love my Plants :))))
Well the first pic looks like pubicalyx but the other one may be carnosa. Possibly two seperate cuttings in the pot?
BTW the soil seems pretty dry and I would recommend keeping it moist at all times.
no, only one in the pot. will water it now. is it better to keep the soil moist most of the time??
Mary, guess we'll have to wait until some more growth is seen on your plant to make a better ID.
Most Hoyas should be kept moist at all times. H. carnosa and pubicalyx are a bit more forgiving in this regard but Hoyas like bella and multiflora for example will not tolerate the soil being dried out. The roots die when the soil dries out and will rot, not grow back, when watered again. Problem is that it is not immediately noticed that the roots died since many Hoyas can survive several month disconnected from the roots and will slowly but surely dry out. Sometimes these "disconnected" stems may even get blooms as a last attempt for survival of the species.
Hoya australis ssp. oramicola on the other side grow in the wild in areas that have dry periods and thus are equiped to handle these conditions.
Milan
Thanks Milan, Guess you are right. It's so small so i am sure it will be a while before it dose flower:( I will enjoy watching it grow! That is one of my most pleaser's in the morning. a cup of coffee and looking to see what if anything has changed over night. Thanks for trying. :)
binky, I have a pubicalyx var. or cv. 'Red Buttons'in flower now, it is very fragrant at night. We had to put it outside, it gave me a headache.
Send me your address, I'll send you cutting. No soil, I live in Calif. Norma
There is one leaf in the lower left hand corner of the first picture which tells it all.
That leaf shows that this is Hoya carnosa var. picta (probably the cultivar 'Rubra' (trademark name Krimson Princess). This is one that has reverted to the plant from which it sported in the first place, i. e., Hoya carnosa. Note the creamy yellow center of that leaf and the green margins.
It is a very sad looking example of it too. I can even see, by the colour of the medium and the way it pulls away from the side of the pot, that the poor thing desparately needs water.
Chris Burton
GOOD call, Chris!