OK...so much for growing zones and succulents and such. Last weekend I saw a HUGE flowering H. australis growing in Volcano...which is at about 4000 altitude. The weather is generally rainy, misty and cool...can get down to the 40s at night in the winter. It rains approx. 180" per year...(there is the wet season, and the wetter season!!). And I was shocked!
Just goes to show these hoyas can be tough little puppies!!!!
Carol
H. australis at 4000 feet!
Did you happen to notice which one of the australis sp it was? I left several types of it out last winter & most of them did fine. However the one with the huge round and smooth leaves did not like the cold so well and didn't make it . It never did get below 40 here tho. It was a fairly mild winter. I also had several species of pubicalyx and carnosas plus a kerrii and obovata out and they all did fine.
Marcy
Mairze_dotes...it is H. australis ssp. tenuipes...sounds like the same one you lost. Must be a hardy clone here... I have that H. australis growing up a couple of trees and they all grow differently...one blooms like mad and put out tons of pods, another rarely blooms but has grown 80' up the tree, another doesn't want to climb, it wants to crawl....and they are all treated with the same neglect!!!
This is good information, then I won't waste the space in my greenhouse, I leave this species out under the lath house roof, no rain, and I'll put it next to a wall. Thanks for discussing this. Norma
Was that at Babachicks, Carol? He certainly does have the gift. My H. australius finally bloomed after a summer under a gazebo in a high corner where I often forgot to water it. It was really worth the wait!
One of my Australis bloomed this summer too and is just about to do it again. They smell wonderful. I am not sure which variety this one is though. I will try to post a pic when it does.
Marcy