I just love the color of new leaves on Hoya Red Button, I wish all the leaves would stay as red.
Blessings,
Awanda
Red Button leaf
Those are really pretty, Awanda. How strong of light do you grow that one in?
mark
Those are pretty, Awanda! AND, your picture itself was nice, taken amongst all those beautiful hoyas!! Karen
Oh, wonderful. I don't think I have ever heard of this hoya. I wish they would stay purple too, it's such a pretty color.
Tami
Mark this hoya doesn't really receive any sun to speak of, this is just how the new leaves come in.
Karen:-), thanks for the compliment.
Blessings,
Awanda
Great photo, Awanda. I just love the way those cultivars of H. pubicalyx, like cv. Red Buttons and cv. Royal Hawaiian Purple put out new growth in such deep and beautiful reds!!! They are some of my very favorites....
Carol
It's one of my favorites too. Love the new leaves and red stems when they shoot out. The flower is pretty in the spring. When mine bloomed again in the heat of the summer the color was distorted. Have since read this is a common occurrence.
Did anyone say red leaves???? Here are my two contributions!
Christina (who's been without computer since X-mas eve)
And the other one...
Gorgeous! I love the red button and hawaiian purple new growth!! Thanks for posting the beautiful pictures.
Heather
YAY Christina...I wondered where you were!!! Great photos all!
Oh how I love when one of my hoyas does something like one of yours!! H. publicalyx 'Royal Hawaiian Purple' - Karen
I noticed how red the leaf was on my caudata today! I keep it outside during the day, and it receives sun most of the day. At night I put it back inside the greenhouse,
Blessings,
Awanda
That is gorgeous! Do you think the leaves will turn red under the floruescent lights? That would be really cool!
Heather
Check out these: it's archboldiana x onchyoidies. The leaves hold the maroon tints until they are full size, then bronze out to green. The new leaves are so glossy it's hard to photograph without reflected light obscuring the leaf.
Heather if yours won't turn red under lights, you can send it to Arizona and use our sun:-). Mark that's interesting my new leaves don't look like that.
Blessings,
Awanda
Nice leaves Mark, I see the kitty is standing by waiting on some flowers to play with!!
Hurry Spring
Tami
Thanks for thinking of me Awanda! Mark, those leaves are amazing. Another hoya on the want list!
Heather
Yes, that is VB in the picture. My cats are such hams... any time they see a flashbulb they come running and stick their head in the shot.
Awanda, where did you get your arch x onch? Maybe it's not the same clone? Mine makes those nice dark leaves even in the winter, when it's pretty gloomy here and they don't get a lot of light.
Mark
Great pictures all! And Mark.....are you SURE that picture with the glossy leaves is REAL?! Looks like shiney new plastic to me! =)
Mark...where did you get YOURS? I want one of those. Ha.
Everybodys want list grows as you people (enablers) keep posting those gorgeous pics.
Marcy
I got my arch x onch from Carol. I think she did a series of photos of the flowers opening and posted them on DG some time ago. I'll look if I have the time and hyperlink it here. The leaves alone are really amazing, they get darker maroon as they age, and sometimes when they start bronzing out they take on a gold cast for a day or two.
Here is the link to Carols pictures of the flowers of arch x onch. A winner no matter how (when) you look at it. This is the same clone I have pictured above:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/504566/
Heavens....I found this anulata thriving in the old GH...DH uses it for his orchids so I almost never go in there...it is thriving in all the bright light and little water. Man, hoyas are tough!!
Gorgeous, Carol!
Stunning!!! When I abuse mine they just whither and die. When you abuse them they thrive - so unfair!
Ann
Wow Carol, what a great picture!! So bright light would simply be the duration they receive the light? With mine, if they get direct light they all sunburn. So it seems to be the amount of light it gets per day. Does this sound correct?
Heather
This is what I can contribute with. It's my Hoya pubicalyx 'Royal Hawaiian Purple'
Fia
The covering on the gh is translucent plastic with no shade cloth...so it is very bright indirect light...and I would think the duration of the light, as well. Carol
The covering on the gh is translucent plastic with no shade cloth...so it is very bright indirect light...and I would think the duration of the light, as well. Carol
The covering on the gh is translucent plastic with no shade cloth...so it is very bright indirect light...and I would think the duration of the light, as well. Carol
Oh boy, this one can take some light.. I may have to do a little arranging so mine gets some more light. How pretty. Tami
Speaking of pubicalyx ...
I have what are supposed to be Fresno Beauty, Pink Silver, and Red Buttons - none have ever bloomed. I purchased them a while back from a local retailer whose labeling I trust as much as a politician's promise. So, if they do happen to be different, will it make a wits bit of difference if I were pot them up together into one big pot?
Ann
Ann, pubicalyx are very slow to bloom... for me anyway. They have to get potbound in a 6" pot and have vines over 5' before they even want to think about making peduncles. Repotting may set them back, if they are getting close to potbound now.
Mark
Oooops - I see it the other way. With spring coming(here-whatever), putting them all in the same pot would enhance their way to becoming potbound. Scrunch them all into the smallest pot you can squeeze them into, keep them in the shade for a while and give them a good shot of Quick Start or Hormex. It just might work better for you to get them to bloom. With more light, move them into more light....grow them dryish like H. carnosa and feed them a bloom fertilizer.
Carol
Thanks, all.
Ann