I have this hoya that has funny purple "PIMPLES" (and other marks on the leaves). I'm concerned because I was reading a post on the "epie" forum about a nasty virus that causes purple marks (although the picture posted looks different than what I'm seeing). I've had this guy "quarantined" for quite a while just in case but I wanted to hear what you all think. Diseased?
TIA..
Betsy
Those spots are sometimes caused by the sun. What worries me is the leathery look to some of the leaves. It looks a little limp to me.
Ask other's advice, but I have sometimes sprayed Tinactin foot spray to contol what looked to be a fungus (spots).
Susan
Bets - I may be totally off on this, but it looks to be dehydrated to me. Is it a new cutting?
Barb
I go along with Barb and Susan. The spots are OK...mine get that way with a lot of sun/light...like little buggy bites. If it is a new cutting I would cut all of the leaves off except one and cut that one in half because the plant is transpiring too much off the leaves. If it is NOT a new cutting...check the roots because it looks like nothing is getting UP the stem from them...
Let us know, OK?
I've had this cutting for a couple months....and to tell you the honest truth, I can't remember if it was rooted or not (the brain farts from time to time). So, I took it out of it's pot and.....what the HECK?!.....taint a root on the dern thing!! =( Hooow in the world has this thing even lived?! Sooooo, what do you suggest from here? Man, y'all are GOOD. Thanks SO MUCH! This is why I come to you guys for advice.
Bets
Betsey, I am not an expert on this by any means, but, since it is the weekend and there is less chatting here during the weekend, I am going to suggest that for the moment you stick that puppy in a ziploc baggy with a little bit of superthrive enhanced water, blow it up, zip it up, and keep it nice and moist until someone who knows about this stuff can help you out.
It sure is a pretty hoya - what is it?
Ann
OK...this is what I would do. Cut up that dead stem until you find a good healthy stem. Not just a tiny narrow piece where you can barely see the white sap, but something that looks healthy. Then I would cut the bottom leaves off around that first node...yes...cut them OFF (it won't hurt much...you, not the plant). Then cut off any other leaves that look shriveled or sick...leaving at least one leaf. Put the stem into the soil UP TO THE NODE and push down on it so that the node is well in the dirt. Water, mist with water enhanced by ST and put a plastic bag over the whole thing....vent it when you see the whole inside of the bag is foggy inside.
Old stems like that are nearly impossible to propagate...but if you have some healthy tissue inside you may make it. Sometimes you have to cut as much of that old woody stuff away as you can....
Who did you get that cutting from? A dealer? It doesn't look at all like mine from David Liddle.....
Let us know what happens....
Carol
Thanks, Carol. As painful as it's gonna be for me to CUT IT UP like that....I'm taking your advice.
This was a 'freebie" from someone and I would so dearly love to save it if possible.
I'll keep you "posted" (no pun intended - teeyukyukyuk!)
Bets
Your goal, Bets, is to DEstress the cutting as much as possible. Since the stem is thick and woody, stuffing it in the soil up to the node gives it an extra chance. Even with perfect cuttings with aerial rootlets, I try to get a node in the soil....better chances and they seem to root faster. The nodes are where all the magic is....woooowoooowoooo.
Carol
It is now two smaller cuttings (minus a couple leaves) stuffed down to the nodes into a mixture of "soil-less" potting mix (that I got from the college where i'm taking my hort classes) & perlite.....and sitting in my new "Hoya hut". Keeping my fingers crossed that it'll root.
Uh, speaking of ROOTS....I must own up to something here: I got a dmail from the kind person who gave this cutting to me saying it had roots when she sent it (and offered to send me another - bless her heart!). So, I apparently did the damage myself by keeping it too wet and causing the new roots to rot off. GAH! I keep telling you all I'm *NEWBIE*! (Drats, there goes my status!! ha ha)
So thank you one and all for your input and join us next time for a new adventure in..........................AS THE NEWBIE LEARNS!! =o)
Sounds like you got this one under control. I am still confused as to what kind of hoya it is. I don't think I have heard of that name on the leaf. Of course I am still a newbie here too, so that doesn't mean anything. Carol has tons of em on her site that I have not heard of until recently.
Marcy
Marcy - I know what you mean - - so many hoyas with so many names! All I know is its labeled "aldrichii". Google on "hoya" and "aldrichii" - there are many hits. Heck, at this point, I just want to get it to root! ha ha
Betsy
I went to all of the sites on the Google Search...no photos, except for the flowers on the Christmas Island site. I will take a photo of mine today, the leaves so you all can compare. While it IS a NO NO to identify by leaves...it isn't all that difficult to determine what something isn't.... Still, it is easy to be wrong, so I don't want to alienate anyone.
Carol
Hey Bets... same time, same station?? ;-)
You haven't lost your status, girl. It's an ongoing process. What makes a day a good one is if you learn something. Next thing you know those cuttings will be putting out new growth and going to town.
Barb
OH, Betsy...you were smart to cut it into two pieces....that way you will double your chance of it rooting!!!
Carol
You can do it Betsy, I'm "rooting" for you!
Heather
Betsy,I've been at the for more than a couple of years and I still have problem plants. My H. davidcummingii, which I love, is down from a decent sized 4" pot to a new rooted cutting. I will be ordering a large plant in the spring. Some I don't bother to try again, others I will keep at until I get it right.
Good for you, it's all a learning process.
Susan
Thanks guys and dolls! I find I do learn something on this forum practically every day. Learning as much HERE as I am in my horticulture classes!!
Hopefully, later this spring, I'll post another picture of BOTH my newly rooted cuttings with new growth. =0)
Same time, same station, Barb! lol
Bets
Here is a pic of my H. aldrichii...just for comparison.
OH, and here is an epiphyllum I bought at the market yesterdauy....10$. Gorgeous. It was called 'champagne'...not fragrant.
Carol - the epi is gorgeous!!!!! And $10??? - you've got to be kidding me!!! That plant is huge! Man, now you've got beautiful hoyas, Michel the Fed Ex hunk, AND this epi - I am jealous!! LOL Karen
Carol is that Julian holding the epi? If so, he's really getting handsome:-). Oh love the epi!!
Blessings,
Awanda
Waaaaa! I missed the market! I want some more of those beautiful bromeliads!
Susan
Carol:
Your aldrichi picture doesn't look much like what I have....but really, it's hard to tell because the poor thing had been under such STRESS! I am anxious to see what I eventually end up with.
Oh and.....that plant you bought at the market: ONLY TEN BUCKS?! Whooo-weee ~ talk about a good score! Way to go!! My two step-daughters are headed to Hawaii for Thanksgiving (with their mom) and I keep telling them "Oh, plaaaants from the Islands would make such a GREAT Christmas present for me!!" Especially if they could get me something like THAT! =O)
And speaking of Christmas....your new plant looks an awful lot like my "Thanksgiving Cactus" (Zygo cactus). Is that what it is?
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Yes Carol, your new plant is stunning, and for 10 bucks...you got a great deal. It is really a schlumbergera or Thanksgiving cactus like
Betsy suggested. I have been looking at their pics on the epi forums. There are many colors and different hybrids.They ARE closely related to epis. That one is full and beautiful.
Marcy
Around here they are mostly called Epis...if you have that named...GREAT! This side of the island is riddled with little growers who appear at the local open markets and then disappear for a while. I bought that Epi from Betty whom I have known for about 4 years. I went to her 80th birthday party 2 years ago. She is AMAZING!!! The local market is very deflated (Susan, tell them about your boxes of orchids for 1$ each)...mean economic levels here are low...
Awanda...yes, that's Julian...my helper. Julian is 15 going on 37 and he has worked for me on weekends since he was 12 doing things like hauling off palmfronds, weeding, clearing, sweeping the Greenhouse, cleaning the cupboards in the house....work I hate to do. His mom is Jamaican and a dear @ 4'8" and his Dad is a tall American...Julian is a blessing in my life and I love going thru teenage years with him....he is smarter than most adults I know and better company!!!
Betsy, how is the plant looking? Is it going to be a survivor?
Well, it's sitting in my "hoya hut" trying to root. I looked at it just today and it's hanging in there. Any my little "hoya angel" (Patricia) sent me two more nice big healthy cuttings that I received today!
THANK YOU PATRICIA!
I don't have any buds or blooms on ANY of my hoyas to show (*disappointing sigh*) but I dooooo have an update on this! Remember how 'leathery' the leaves were? I thought they were sick - only to find that I had "loved it to death" and somehow killed the roots - so I started over.
Well, ....look at 'em now! No leathery-ness - just shiney, green, and subtle leaves. Ah yes - the sweet smell of success! =O)
Nice job, sis! Uhh, I don't have that one......
...oh but you WILL!! =0)
Woo Hoo!!! Big pat on the back, Bets! You two tickle me. :-)
Barb
Good on YA! And you say it is H. aldrichii?
I didn't post a picture of mine as I said I would....today I will!
Miracles of miracles...I found the photos.....
....and the second one.
Nicely done Betsy. Hey wait a minute, I don't have a sister or that hoya! Lol!!
Heather
No, I am not confused...just scattered. I saw I HAD posted it.
In the photo of the sick plant with stem....it looks like the stem was old wood and when you get a cutting with old wood, I find it so much more successful to get a node in the rooting equation...
Heather...I will adopt you as my sister. Does that help? LOL
Carol
It *does* look much better....you done good!!
I've got sisters, Heather...but none of them have that hoya, either!
Curious....what's the 'average' size of those leaves, ladies?
Jackpot, Heather! Talk about a sister with hoyas!!
