Here are some shots from the garden where hoyas, starting in pots on the ground or hanging, have taken off. Here are a group of Eriostemmas...in pots on the ground: H. sussuela, H. cv. Girlie, H. coronaria X H. affinis, H. ciliata. Edited to say there is a H. vitellinoides on the far left joining in the group...it is always flowering!
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And H. camphorifolia... Edited to say I could cut the pot loose and the hoya would thrive...it is NOT dependent upon the pot for nourishment.
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The 'octopus'...H. cumingiana...stems 8' long! I want to trim her back when she finishes blooming...but she won't stop!
H. sp. Tanna and H. australis growing up a tree in the BG and a pubicalyx in the foreground. They get late morning sun...
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Stuck some Dischidia in some moss and they are taking off.
The shelves across the back of the porch where I grow out my new hoyas....they get early morning sun...picture taken in the afternoon. Other hoyas hanging from the overhang. Big problem is keeping them untangled!!!
Carol, looks like paradise!
Heather
Carol, great pictures!
Sylvia
You sure these things are on an invasive list somewhere? :)
Those are beauts and inspiration of what "can be" if they're happy.
WOW !!!! Now that is hoya heaven!! They look and grow like the jungle plant that they are. I'll come and help untangle them ! They look like you can almost see them grow.
Blaine...I have to be careful when I talk to the Ag. Nazis...when I mention seeds their eyes get that glow that only a Supervisor can love!
Thanks for all the compliments!!! Thought you guys might like to see how they naturalize and feel right at home!!
:0 Beautymuss. When my Eriostemmas grow up they wanna look just like yours. Good thing they get to stay outside all the time, just think how long it would take to untangle that crazy bunch.. I wish Ruthie and Optimistic would get some bloom spurs. There about 4 foot long, some larger and still no bloom spurs. :(
Thanks for sharing the pictures Carol, they're great. I can imagine what it would be like walking through the jungle seeing them growing wild. They all look so healthy and happy. Are those orchids and bromeliads growing in the moss in the fifth picture? They look so cool. Sometimes when I'm walking in the woods and find a beautiful big maple tree with huge branches covered in thick moss I think how wonderful it would be if we had orchids like that growing here. We only have a few of the terrestrial type with tiny (but beautiful) flowers that you need a magnifying glass to see.
Sandy
Oh, that Hawaaiian climate....we should all be so lucky!
8ftbed thought I should show you this, Carol....it's not a Hoya, but a Cissus climbing my apple tree.
A couple of the Hoyas have, actually tried to twine around the tree branches, but I try to put a stop to that as soon as it starts, 'cuz they have to come indoors soon!
You won't see the Cissus unless you click to enlarge the photo.
Cool, Nan...you and Blaine live close by eachother? He should be getting his hoyas today or tomorrow....
Carol
I have a couple of small pots of hoya in an antique plant stand under one of my pecan trees. Last Saturday I started to pull one of the pots out of the stand to take a good look and noticed some resistance. I followed the vine down to the dirt under the pecan tree and found it rooted to the ground in two different places. I got a garden spade, dug around the rooted area, and pulled up the vine with dirt and roots attached. I cut it away from the mother plant and potted it up. I also had a leafless section with roots. I potted it up and laid the stem parallel with the soil. Waiting to see if it will send out some leaves.
I got tired of trying to figure out what to do with the pots of plain old solid green hoya carnosa that I cultivated when I was teaching myself how to root. I planted them in the soil up against the trunk of another pecan tree about two months ago. There are shoots attached and climbing.
Wouldn't be so brave as Carol with the exotic ones climbing.the pecans. DH read a thread of Carol's about taking a cutting of H. imperialis and just sticking it in the ground. He's tending the H. imperialis that I almost killed. Mangy looking, one long stem and pathetic looking leaves. He cut a piece off and stuck it in the soil of the same pot, no rooting hormone, nothing. It rooted and has new leaves. The main plant is now thriving too. DH started foliar feeding. H. imperialis is now his plant.
Nightbloomer that is very interesting. Can you leave your hoya's out all year round? Hmm, I might want to try that next spring. I would have to dig it back up though for the winter. That would be neat to try as I have lots of extra carnosa all over the place.
Carnosas are a great one to try, Tami...they can sometimes freeze to the ground but come back.
I just found a pot, empty, next to a carnosa growing up a tree. I guess I dropped it enroute someplace and there it stayed. Doesn't need the pot...it had come out of it anyway...it is totally epyphitic now.
Cheering for Dave and HIS H. imperialis!!!! WAY TO GO, DAVE!!!
I will have to try it then. We get pretty cold here sometimes though, should I maybe cover it with straw or something. I'm sure the leaves will turn to mush.
It may freeze to the ground, but it may come back. Yes, maybe covering with straw will help...I really don't know...but why don't you try it and let us all know!!!! Thanks
Cool stories!
I have a few that really shoot out aerial roots....I should put them outdoors and see what they'd do (well, maybe next year!) Mid-June through early August are pretty warm and humid here, but the cool nights resume right about now.
Carol...It was about a 4? hour drive for Blaine...so not too awful far, but far enough!
I think they would be toast in WI, Nan....but if you put them out, they could climb for a couple of months so you have them au naturelle and then you could cut the vine off to bring the plant inside....see what happens.
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Oh, heck yes, they'd be frozen mush if I left them in-ground, that's for sure!!
I should have clarified what I meant....to try rooting them like Nightbloomer did...and just for the summer, lol!
I've tried a few other experiments in-ground (agave, kalanchoe, etc...so would be interesting to see what they'd do just for a little while!
