Sorry, nothing new or exciting, but this is H. australis with at last count 13 peduncles making buds. I saw several new ones starting today. Its always been a good grower, but it's never bloomed like this before. Also still on the way is H. subquintuplinervis (?), probably a week or two more.
So cool, Mark!!! That thing'l smell you out of house and home if they all open at the same time. Oh the embarrasment of riches ...
:-)
Ann
That's so lovely Mark! Congrats.
I have the usual H.Compacta blooming its little heart out, and for the first time this year, H.Carnosa Tricolor (Krimson Queen) about to open. I also found new peduncles, on H.Thomsonii and H.Limoniaca, so am inspecting them a few times each day...who me, obsessive....lol...
Christine
Beautiful australis, Mark! That thing is HUGE - how long have you had it?
I just have multiflora and cv sunrise ready to bloom again (not complaining, I love cv sunrise!!). Karen
That australis is beautiful! I've never had mine bloom....I wonder what it is wanting? I've got obscura blooming her head off still. Pubicalyx has a nice big bloom in the front of the house. Also buds on wayetti for the first time, and a couple buds on minibelle.
:) Kim
I JUST found H. retusa blooming!!!!! I am so thrilled. Tomorrow a photo! And an IML sp. number is about to bloom...I love the leaves but haven't seen the flowers. Padanguensis, H. sp. Philippines IML 831, multiflora. cv. Ruthie, sussuela, sp. Apple Green (an eriostemma), lacunosas, cv. sunrise, australis, sp. Tanna Island, anulata, cv. Monette, H. mindorensis (both clones) and H. erythrostemma, sp. aff carnosa, H. motoskii, lamingtonii, bella, and that H. pottsii from Vietnam (I forget the IML#) blooming on a 2 leaf start!!! GREAT AUSTRALIS, MARK...REALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Could you have just wrote ---"Oh I have one or two ready to bloom" ??? Really girl rub it in.................
By the way Mark great plant.....Sure wish mine would something besides grow...............
Karen, the australis I've had for almost 2 years, it was probably at least a year old when I bought it in a 6 " pot, but it had been trimmed down to about 6 inches tall at that time. I bought it as H. coronaria from a California grower whose labels are about 50/50. It is australis ssp. australis, and I think the cultivar is 'Brookfield', it matches the description perfectly, but I couldn't say 100% that that is correct. My favorite! First flower just opened a couple hours ago. Also, lacunosa is of course flowering away. Does it ever stop?
Beautiful australis......it looks like it will be blooming like mad for you.......can you give the details on what kind of light its getting? do you have it outside for the summer or indoors?...does the flower have any scent?.....hope thats not too many questions!
Sandy
Nice australis, Mark! Mine haven't started yet... BUT, I have flowers in obovata, carnosa, motoskei, picta, anulata, kerrii, cv. Minibelle, caudata, tsangii, lacunosa, sp Bogor... Buds in cv. Sunrise (at least 5 umbels!), imperialis, wightii var palniensis, pubicalyx 'Pink Silver', siariae, hypolasia, cumingiana, onychoides, cv. Mathilde, davidcummingii...
Christina
Hi!
This is my hoya lasiantha in bloom now....
I also have buds on archboldiana `pink form´, patella `white´, buotii....
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Got the camera out and took some photos I needed for the website, but here's also obovata for you to enjoy.
Christina
Sandy, the australis is 2 feet away from a south facing window, in front of the window divider, which partially shields it from direct sun all day, but it probably gets at least 5 hours of direct sun a day. Coolish, usually in the mid 60's. Dries out slightly between waterings, like carnosa. It never goes outside, though it can tolerate cooler temps than what it gets where it is. The flowers smell amazing, my favorite to date, and quite strong. Some people, however, don't like the scent.
It gets a lot of bright light and sun then and leaves look so green and healthy...sounds like the perfect spot.....you are doing something right with it.....it looks great......i would love a south facing window especially for the winter months...
Sandy
Christina...that is the best photo of H. obovata I have ever seen!!! Mine has grown so far up a tree that I never see the flowers. :>(
Great australis blooms going on there, Mark. Mine didn't bloom until they were several years old either, but once they start....stand back. Mine has got 2 or 3 open too now, but it has SOOOO many going up the vines that I am waiting until a bunch are open & then will snap it.
Carol, your greenhouse must smell like a perfume or soap factory. Ha.
Maria---that is the BEST lasiantha bloom picture I have seen. Wish I could take them like that.
Christina ...likewise on the obovata pic. You gals sure know how to photograph those lovely blooms.
Marcy
Mark...wasn't there something about the two blooming seasons of H. australis ssp. australis and H. australis ssp. tenuipes? I thought it was ssp. australis blooms in the spring and ssp. tenuipes in the fall? Mine bloom all year so I can't tell. Do you remember?
Carol
Edited to make it clear...I looked up the information: it is H. australis ssp. australis that blooms in the fall in the Northern Hemisphere and H. australis ssp. tenuipes that blooms in the spring. Sorry
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Other way around, Carol. Ssp. australis is mostly in the fall, though it blooms a little almost year round if it is happy, ssp. tenuipies is only in the spring, and is comparatively stingy with it's blooms. It isn't really possible to tell them apart by foliage alone. Ssp. tenuipies also has fewer flowers in each peduncle and the flowers are daintier.
Well, you could fool me. I know the blooms I have now are ssp. australis...but the spring blooms are prolific!!! on what, may be, ssp. tenuipes. I have to look at more details as pointed out by David.
ps I think I changed my thoughts in my edited message...at least I think I did.
Neither one of the 2 types I have bloom in the spring except an occational odd bloom here & there. Mostly the big blooms come in fall. I thought I had the 2 mentioned ablove, but maybe my tenuipes is something else. (?)
Marcy
Marcy, I've found them to be impossible to tell apart except by flower structure and flowering. Ssp. australis has extremely variable leave, in size and amount of fuzz and shape. They are often confused, ssp. australis has been sold more in the US as ssp. tenuipies than not. Further complicating things is that David Liddle and Christine Burton have opposite takes on which ssp. is which. CB interprets the one I know as ssp. australis to be ssp. tenuipies, so it depends on who you talk to.
If your plant is mature, gets good light, and has lots of flowers year round, especially in fall in the northern hemisphere, it is probably ssp. australis.
If your plant is mature, gets good light, and flowers sparingly in spring, and not at all in the fall, that plant is probably ssp. tenuipies.
Ssp. australis is much more common in cultivation, as it is a better bloomer with bigger, more numerous, more campanulate flowers. Ssp. tenuipies flowers are more slender, with narrow corolla lobes, fewer in a cluster, with less red under the corona, usually, looking all white at first glance.
But enough about australis, where are the other September blooms? Bring them on!
I almost killed my cv. Joy, so when I cut the roots off and stuck it in new, moist soil (using the baggie method), the buds that had developed fell off. Lo and behold, it is apparently quite happy in the nice moist baggy because it developed buds again, and bloomed this morning.
Yayyyyy!!!
Ann
Ann...how gorgeous!!! Great photo! I am sending it to my sister, Joy!
I noticed that my H. deykei that bloomed so prolifically last month...is set for another flush this month!!! Wierd, since I never had a bloom on this plant and suddenly it is going great guns!!!
A couple more with photos to come are H. flagellata and H. odettiae. They just keep on coming!!!!
Oh, how cool, Carol!!! Yes, we want to see photos!
Ann
Ann, your cv. Joy is a beauty!!
Thank you so much Lotta!
:-)
Ann
Here is a novel one for me: H. flagelleta (flagellata?). The whole umbel is the size of a dime...wonder what it is going to be when it grows up?
Thanks Christine!
Oooooooooooooooooh, Carol. That is too cool! post pictures when it "grows up"! Is that one a difficult hoya to grow?
Ann
Looks a little like caudata, only more so, Carol. Try for some pictures while it is opening!
I feel like I AM an expert with this hoya as I have killed a whole mess of them from different sources!!! Yes...even the leaves, tho' narrow, have that cardboardy feel of H. caudata...I think it survived because I forgot where it was and it appeared on my Dischidia bench which I keep bone dry. YES...will try for pictures while opening (if I can keep DH awake!!) LOL
I had some buds on cv. Mathilde that was growing towards the side of the pot and I thought all of them would fall off because of the pressure towards the pot, but 8 actually made it.
Christina
cv. Jennifer is at it again. This time the umbel is really big and has "only" two strange flowers.
Christina
Lovely, Christina!
Ann
I am thrilled with this bloom on my H. retusa...the vine bloomed at every node!
Anyone with a clue as to this one...? I LOVE the blooms AND the leaves. Could it be H. bordenii? And the fragrance is of melon!!!!!
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Carol, I have not a clue (imagine that :~) but it is beautiful! Love the leaves and the bloom. I am also hooked on that photo of H. flagelleta. I am waiting -not too patiently- for an open bloom photo!
Christina, Now I have to have cv. Mathilde too! LOVE the fuzzy flowers.
God bless, -joanne
I am just in awe of all your beautiful blooms this month so far.
I have bella, and of course lacunosa, a pubicalyx, and my australis is just starting. Other than that...nada.
Marcy
Oh My Gawd Carol. Those plants and your photos are BEAUTIFUL!!! Hmmmmmm, how difficult is retusa to grow???
Ann
