Moving Hoyas Inside

Our nighttime temps are getting into the low 40s and high 30s, so I have moved most, well all but one, of my Hoyas inside. Now come the issues of humidity, air circulation, light and probably other things.
I pulled a Baker's Rack into my spare bedroom (actually a storage room until I deal with all the boxes) and picked up another 3-shelf bookcase today for the plants. Anyone have any suggestions about the placement of the plants on the baker's rack? Are they too close together? I took the curtains down from the window because I knew I'd be misting and didn't want to ruin them, plus it is a south window. The bookcase will go to the right of the rack once I move the boxes and will get no light. I have under-cabinet lights I can hang from the shelves of the bakers rack.
Any help will be appreciated here. There's a ceiling fan in the room.
Oh, and space is a real issue in here.. prolly 25 boxes still left to deal with. (Don't you HATE moving?)
Barb

I bought the portable greenhouses so they'd have the plastic covering to hold the humidity (and mist) in.

Barb, I live in eugene, oregon where the humidity is generally high all year around (am I correct in assuming the same for alabama?), so I have one of those pump spray bottles that I mist my plants with a couple of times a day. I also have a box fan that I keep on medium 24/7. The humidity in my room stays at around 60 percent. I think if you either mist your plants or turn on a humidifier during the day, and have the ceiling fan on, you should probably have enough humidity for the plants. If you want to make some more space, you could probably hang your carnosa from the ceiling. I don't think your plants are too close together - I think the setup looks quite nice!
Ann

Plants being close together increases their ambient humidity...and drives growers crazy when they lock vines!!! It all sounds really good.

Carol

Looks great to me Barb. I always place my plants very close to one another so it will increase humidity. I bought a bunch of bamboo hoops from bigislandgrowers, Carol's shop. This keeps them from wrapping around each other to bad.
Heather

Thanks everyone.
Ann, the humidity is not all that high here - maybe mid 80% during the summer months, but during the winter months it struggles to get above 20%. You wouldn't think so, but after you get zapped after every third step you believe it! Anyway, my computer is in that room and I'm not sure what effect high humidity would have on it.
Lilypon, I have two of those but have never used them with the covers on because I've used them outside. They may be drafted for use in the bedroom, now to be known as the Plant Room, too!
Heather, I'm seeing an order for those hoops in my future.
Carol, I'll try to see that there is no monkey business amongst my charges! That "locking vines" thing.. tsk tsk tsk ;)
On one thread (or on Carol's website) I saw something that I may try in that room. It was a wooden dowel hung from the ceiling and plants hung from it. I think it was Christina's but am not sure. Hmmmmm... that would free up a good bit of shelf space for the smaller pots. Hmmm...

Barb

If you have any recessed windows, those pressure curtain rods work well on the little white pots (I call Gemila's pots). You can hang about 6 of those pots in a regular size window-then set pots on the window sill below.

Personally, I think your setup looks nice and you can probably squeeze in a few more plants.

Susan

Well now... room for more, huh? That's a really good thing, because on the way back from doing an exam today I passed an (as yet) un-reconoitered Lowe's. You'll never guess what I found there in their indoor plant section.. a HOYA!! It's an EA plant, so who knows what kind it is!! I'm going to do my best to ID it.. hone my skills, at it were.. then come running back to you guys for confirmation. I don't know which is going to happen first... I run out of room or I run out of $$$ to feed my addiction. Sheesh..

Barb

Looks great, Barb. Can't wait to see a picture of your newest addition.
:) Donna

Okay... here you are! It was labeled as a Hoya 'bilobata'. But underneath that it said Hoya carnosa. I found the exact same plant on a German website (no English translation, unfortunately) but the caption under the picture said Hoya bilobata.
Can someone confirm for me, please? Thanks!

Barb

Barb it looks like DS-70 aka Tsangii.

Blessings,
Awanda

Awanda, I thought it might be that also, but it didn't have the reddish edges that are shown on Carol's page. The leaf shape is definitely the same. At a lot of the nodes there are three leaves in a cluster and other nodes have only two. Is that a clue?
Is the biloba a species or is it a subspecies of the carnosa? It seems the more I read, the more confused I become. At this point, I don't really care WHAT it is, but I need to know how to care for it. Thanks for your input, Awanda. :)

Barb

Barb my DS-70 is potted in a clay pot and it receives early morning/afternoon sun. I water it when it's almost dry. For me it's one of the easiest hoyas to care for. The flowas smell like butterscotch to me:-).

Blessings,
Awanda

Mmmm.. yummy! I love Butterscotch. Those are such dainty little flowers. And you're right, the underside of the leaves look just like those in your picture. Okay, I'll go with your ID and care instructions. Thanks, Awanda!

Barb

Awanda is right!! H. DS-70's leaves can go totally red in bright bright light....or not so bright, or...I give mine tons of water and grow in bright shade. It is a very easy grower. No, H. bilobata and carnosa are as different as chalk and cheese. Those growers just put ANYthing on a label!!!

Carol

PS DS-70 was known previously as H. tsangii and as H. burtoniae if you are looking for reference.

Since Barb is showing us her hoya village, I though I would share mine too. This is my bedroom where most of my hoyas live. It is fabulous to wake up in the morning to such pretty green things!
Ann

MsKitty~
That's quite a set-up you've got there!! FABULOUS!.....but I DOOOO believe I see space for maaaaybe one or two more! hee hee!
Looks lovely!
Betsy

Holy Cow, Ann!!! That's what I wanna do when I grow up!!! I wanna grow purty plants like you-u-u-u-u-u-u!!! No kidding, that's one spectacular window full of Hoyas. That large leafed one, top row, second from right (I think)... whazzat??? Okay.. a test - and this is only a test - name them. (That's so I can make my next shopping list for Carol or Awanda.) :-D

Barb

Looks fantastic! I would love having my hoyas in my bedroom! How beautiful!!
Heather

Barb and Ann - what beautiful plants you have, and really nice setups!!

Hey Betsy, it is a fungii (I think). And, for the first time in years, it has a peduncle! So, we shall see what comes of it.

Excellent arrangements! Winter is a little easier to tolerate with plants around. Ann, where did you find the 6" green pots? I like them much better than white, but, have a hard time locating green pots. A long time Hoya grower told me she thought roots develop faster and stronger in dark pots. It really stands to reason because the soil will heat up faster.

Ms Kitty....very healthy looking plants.

Susan, I have been meaning to ask you this and it keeps slipping my mind.. with regard to hanging the smaller plants in the windows, would there be any worry about cold temps effecting the plants? I've just moved into an old farm house and I'm sure the windows are original.. no double panes and such.
Oh, and thanks for the kind words!

Barb

Hi, meltn. The green pots I get from the Indoor Garden in Eugene, OR.

Wow! What a great setup, MsKitty! May I ask what the long zigzag plant is on the table by the red lamp?
:) Donna

Thanks, Donna. I was told it was an orchid cactus when I bought it several years ago, but I don't think it is. So, I actually have no idea.

Yes, it is an orchid cactus (epiphylium). It is the only one that looks like a fern, altho there are a couple of other ones that have a "ric-rac" design. I can't remember the name of it right now, but I will look it up tomorrow (I have one outside with a tag in it).
Marcy

Could it be a Selenicereus Anthonyanus?....I cheated and looked it up on the epi forums but it seems quite easy to grow.....

Sandy

No...that is one of the other ric racs. I have that one too. But this one looks more like a fern with pointier leaves .

okay once more i am cheating! a Selenicereus chrysocardium?.....there was a pic of something similar to the one in the pic above....very cool looking whatever its called....

Sandy

Yes....I think that is it.

Nice set up...both of you.

Now...I can see broomsticks hung from the ceiling in criss cross patterns........

lol

There is a guy on the epi forum that hung a chain link gate from his ceiling & hung epis all over from it. It worked..and is removeable for the summer months. Altho I don't think that is quite the "look" I want in my living space. Ha.
Marcy

But then of course...my look isn't what I had ever intended either..ha ha. Soon we will just through out the furniture & build nests in the hoyas. Ha

Another window

The kitchen window as it is THIS week. These window plants change often as I move these guys around depending on who is happy or not in which place.

Part of the office.
See what this obsession can do to a perfectly sane ..(well partially sane) person in a few short years. Better get a grip now. ;-D
Marcy

Woops...didn't mean to send that last post twice. It had trouble sending so I reloaded & it went out twice. Ah ...well...such is life.
It's a wonder we have any light get through in here. Ha
Marcy

I think Marcy wins!
Georgeous set up, Marcy.
Happy, happy plants.
Ann