I'll send lots of positive "grow" thoughts to ya, Lorry haha
New acquistions
O.K. just to help you out with some of the spelling I do see a couple of them that are wrong. Those darn name tags add up when you have to keep replacing them. O.K. here goes
H. nummularoides
H. aff. macrophylla
H. pottsii 'Chang Mai'
I will get this one wrong but
H. verticillata albamarginta, might be albomarginta??? HELP
I am questioning the name membranfolia, just because I have never seen this name befor, but thats not saying much, I haven't seen alot of the names. Does the Gold Star have anything else written on it?
Nope just gold star but I could look on his site..it may have more there..for example..red buttons jst has red buttons on it :)
membranfolia is the name he gave me LOL..but who knows..might be badly misspelled
and thanks for the name fixes..I am gonna have to do that :)
Lorry girl! Holy moly what a HAUL you got! eeeeHAAAWW! For a relative "newbie" to hoyas, you now have yourself a VERY NICE collection started! Good for you. I knoooow you will enjoy them. =0)
Bets
Me hoyas are sue (sp?) Hoyas Betsy :) as soon as anyone can spare.
One of my favorites though is the little
DISCHIDIA VALIDA (PECTINOIDES) VARIEGATED
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/611562/
Lorry ,
Congratulations on all you beautiful hoyas. I just love you Dischida too. I am so glad you have such a wonderful time there.
Patti
Great haul. Congratulations!!
Keep us updated on how their doin.
Marcy
WOW...what a wonderful wonderful collection.
I have your variegated merrillii labeled H. macrophylla variegated and it HAS bloomed and it is NOT H. merrillii. Altho...it IS impossible to match hoyas from the leaves...gotta wait for the blooms.
I think your Gold Star would be H. sp. Gold Star....it is an eriostemma, needs lots of warmth, will take lots of sun...it is a terrestial.
You certainly hit pay dirt, my friend. congratulat ions.
I thought the gold star might be a terrestrial but the different leaf structure :) It is lot as thick and succulentlike as the other hoyas :)
thanks for all the wonderful advice :) being a newbie, I can use all the info I can get! and you have all been wonderful in that regard :)
Thanks for all the well wishes also :) I am really excited by all the spectacular finds at Bob's. His stuff was so beautiful that I am still seeing stars!
Hey Chris;
Since it seems that everyone is waiting for my input, I will first tell you that those are all beautiful plants and lovely photos, but I see several..No... many that are mislabeled. If you love the plants and they do well it doesn't make much difference, but it sure adds to the confusion when these cuttings are shared with others. Very soon, nobody knows for sure what they are. I will send a photo of H. merrillii for now but there is little room here to send photos of all that are mislabeled. If I have your e-mail, I will send them to you via an attachment. In closing an added not. "Gold Star is not a species but a cross of two Ereostemmas made back in the early 1990's by Michael Miyashiro. He either didn't know which two cross pollinated by (natural means) or neglected to tell anyone which two he crossed with his own hands.
Ann Wayman
O.K. folks, I got a good one for you all. I need a miracle mix or method for growing H. lasiantha. I have 6 plants and all look like they are going to die at any minute. I've tried every trick and potting mix, lots of light and a little light, lots of water and a little water, you name it I've done it, all with terrible results. They are all still alive after 6 years..but just barely. They used to grow and bloom beautifully. What in the world did I do to make them turn against me?
Ann Wayman
Fussiest hoya I know!! I am successful with VERY warm, humid, bright indirect light and loose- never- cold medium with lots of chunky bits. The only time it pouts is when too cool, too dry, too wet -
HTH
My email address is tawny30@bellsouth.net :)
and thanks Ann..Nice to meet you
Ann I had lasiantha bloom for me under plant lights. I grow it fairly dry. It is full of buds again and should be opening soon.
Blessings,
Awanda
Awanda...are you using your usual mix on it (1/3 of perlite, 1/3 ocean mix, & 1/3 light warrier?). I have mine still in my prior mix with lots of chunky stuff (but it also has some coir in there), however I am thinking of changing it to the one you use & now me too, but afraid it won't like the moister mix. It protests & drops peduncles every time I water when it doesn't want it. Ha.
Marcy
Marcy I'm still using the same mix and it works great for all of my hoyas.
Blessings,
Awanda
Hey, Carol....quoting you above: "I have your variegated merrillii labeled H. macrophylla variegated and it HAS bloomed and it is NOT H. merrillii"
Did the bloom on yours, then, match the bloom of macrophylla?
Do you have a photo of the bloom? (I'm so curious, now!)
TIA!
Forgot to record it Nan because it bloomed before Macrophylla did. I shall have to research that one...I just know it looks NOTHING like my H. merrillii.
Durnit, Carol!! lol!!
You could have solved 'The Big Mystery'!!!!
Thanks for the info, though.
I know that ID' ing by the leaves is a no-no....but so far, the leaves of this mystery variegate look most like those of macrophylla.
Lorry, You did great on your Hoya shopping trip, the plants look nice. You made a haul and all very nice choices. Hopefully they will start blooming for you soon.
Ann, I got my lasiantha last fall and it has bloomed for me three times with only having seven leaves on it. I was shocked it was blooming so soon. I put my plant under lights last December. It is not directly under the lights, but is close to the lights. It seems very happy. I water my plant at least 2 twice a week. It seems that the lights dry it out fairly fast. Looks we all grow it a little bit differently. Good luck with yours.
Deb
Wow, what a hoya heaven you must have been it. I love the trellis' they are on. Any idea where he got those. I am assuming they were already on the hoyas. Those are fantastic looking.
Heather
Well Deb :) I think I have a while until they bloom :) they are all so small! BUT the foliage is so pretty that I am already smitten :)
I do have my carnosa is bloom like crazy though!
Heather, he sells them :) I didn't get them originally on the trellises..I bought the pots from him for 3.00 a piece :) and they have the trellises permanently attached so they won't fall off.
I am sure if you email him he will sell ya some :)
Ladies I think you must all have the wrong H. macrophylla if you think this thing labeled variegated merrillii is macrophylla. It has absolutely no characteristic of macrophylla. I ID'ed this plant for greeneman way back when he first acquired it..not by the leaves but by the flowers he sent to me. Mine has since bloomed many times. If we have the correct (and original) description of H. latifolia, that is what this plant is.
Ann
OK...now I'm confused (again and as usual). I thought that the one we got as H. loyceandrewsiana was actually H. latifolia? My (former loyceandrewsiana) looks absolutely NOTHING like my one I got from Greeneman off Ebay as "unknown hoya" (we call the Getty hoya) that everybody says is a variegated macrophylla. The "former H. loyceandrewsiana" one has HUGE round leaves with no ribs/veins showing on the leaf. The one I got from Greenman has oval leaves that gradually come to a point and very distinct veins or ribs on the leaf. Are you sure they are the same plant and both are H. latifolia?
Marcy
Marcy
Guys...that whole H. latifolia thingy is confusing. First of all - there is/was/always will be disagreements re: taxonomy, especially about Hoya (orchids, epi, name it). Since I got my plant from David Liddle as IML 88 and HE has determined that his IML 88 is H. latifolia (formerly H. aff. latifolia IML 88) I embrace his determination.
The hoya I got from David Liddle as H. macrophylla IML 1181 he has determined to be H. aff. tjadasmalangensis http://groups.msn.com/HoyasRUs/davidliddle.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=468 there is a picture of the flower. David's list had three H. macrophylla and this was listed as IML 1181, coming from Java. It was listed, at one time, as H. polystacha. Thru the link you may be able to see all of his photo album which has H. macrophylla and H. polystacha flowers as well.
I asked David about the variegated 'H. macrophylla' determination ...sent him pictures of the flowers sent to me by Ric in Florida upon request and he says that it 'compares favorably with H. aff. tjadasmalangensis'.
I know that Ted Green has determined that a similar hoya to IML 88 is H. loyceandrewsiana (H. diversifolia B)... but is it the SAME plant? Hard to tell, unless he got his from David as IML 1181 which I doubt.
There ARE no absolutes in my opinion. If I received Ted's plant as what he calls it from him...I would call it by the name he gave it as I don't have time to drag out the microscope and do all of the determinations myself.
Does this help?
Thanks for that information, Ann...it's good to know, as I purchased mine from Chris as 'unknown'......(luckily I didn't have to pay the proverbial 'arm and leg' for it, though!)
Hmmm...I think Chris is still selling that plant on ebay as an 'unknown', too...???
Now that I think of it...it was Polystachya, I think, that the variegated one I got from Chris resembled, rather than macrophylla.
Hoya ID's sure make the old head spin!!!!!
OK, I have a question - would it be acceptable, for trades, etc., to list your plant as what you believe it to be (aka "sold to me as") as long as you keep a record of the person you bought it from? (Along with keeping any IML numbers, etc.)
I think that is important, Karen....wish I had done that in the beginning...especially with trades. I still have some that are total NOIDs because they haven't bloomed!!!
Carol
I agree....I think that's about the best we can do!