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thank you so much mskitty...that was easy

Oooooh, humminbird ... That is BEAUTIFUL!! If were a hoya I'd wanna live with you.
Ann

It's a beautiful hoya. I hope mine looks that good in 20 years.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
Patti

Thanks for the picture that is one nice Hoya vicki

Way to grow Hummingbird!! Mine would be that big if I hadn't forced it into procreating all over the country....lol...

Christine

Hummingbird, has it bloomed for you yet?....its huge and beautiful...

Christine, yours has procreated well over at me and my mom's house!

Sandy

Wow Thelma...that is one heck of a big compacta!!! Good Growing!

Carol

thanks everyone for the compliment!!!...this is my baby!..and yes it has bloomed several times.
hummingbird

Wow and wow again that is an amazing Hoya!
It is just gorgeous you have done very well girl! It looks so healthy and happy. My little guy has only 19 more years to go:) but now I know what it could look like.

Bea

thank you...i love this plant
hummingbird

Hummingbird, what a BEAUTIFUL plant! I have 2 "rope" type hoya. One variegated (krimson queen colors) that has 7 stems about 6-20 inches long and I recently purchased 4 small plants of the 'mauna loa' variety. I sure hope mine look that good eventualy. Way to grow! -joanne

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Beautiful plant Hummingbird. You must be doing everything right. It seems very healthy and happy.
I find the plain green ones of the rope type hoyas seem to bloom much better and more often than the variegated ones. They also seem to grow faster.
I guess that is true of all the variegates vs the green.
Marcy

yes i think so..as i also have a varigated rope...not near as old as the green one but it does have some years on it and it isnt near the size...thank you for the compliment on my plant...lol...at least i had something worthwhile to show..being as most of my hoyas are small...my original hoyas i started with are good size
hummingbird

Humminbird_1

I have a hoya that looks like yours and someone told me it was a Ruthi. What do you think?
Jeri

Jeri...no, that is not Ruthi. That is the very same type of hoya that hummingbird has, which is Hoya compacta.
It has beautiful long vines though, and I see it is blooming up a storm. It may be getting just a bit too much sun or high light, as I see some of the leaves are taking on a yellowish cast. It would be a darker green in lower light.
Marcy

Nice blooming H. compacta Jeri....I agree with Marcy about the yellowish cast...but it sure seems happy!!!

Hi yall,

I have been alotted the west side of my house for gardening so for me this is as shaded as it gets. I haven't done any of my fertilizing this month and everything I have is so dependant on ferllizer. My soil is so bad.

I posted my hoya and someone identified it in the plant files as Ruthie. What do I do to correct that?

Jeri

Jeri, send an email to DG administration and explain the error to them (go to the bottom of this page and click on "Contact Us"). I'm surprised no one verified the picture before it went into PlantFiles - I always thought that's why the delay between when we post a picture and when it appears. Guess not!

Christine

hello jeri11...i just got home and discovered everyone had answered you...so i guess you know...everyone here is really helpful when you have a question...you have a very nice hoya...do you have other hoyas as well??
hummingbird

Jeri

The photo of Hoya cv. Ruthie - or Hoya 'Ruthie' - is correct. I just checked. All the photos are verified before they are posted in plantfiles. I think someone was pulling your leg!!!! You might let them know.

Carol

Carol, yes, the original picture in the H.Ruthie listing is Ruthie, but the one that Jeri posted is of her H.Compacta is there as well and needs to be relocated. My question then, is who verifies the pictures?

Christine

I think it is some our dear Uber Duber aka Milan could help with. HmmmmI didn't see the compacta there.

Hmmm, maybe there's two listings for Ruthie? I used the generalized search and typed in hoya ruthie. Here's a link to the one I'm talking about. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/57814/index.html
C

Hi yall
I'm really confused now is it a Ruthie or not? I contacted the adm@dave's garden but was unable to copy the link for a discussion. I would hate to mislead anybody even if I didn't identify it. The picture I posted here is the same picture that I sent to the plant files.

Jeri

I went to the link of H. 'Ruthie' (the single quotes are put there to mean H. cv. Ruthie) and saw Jeri's picture. I clicked on REPORT AND ERROR and reported it.

No, Jeri...your hoya is definitely H. compacta and not H. 'Ruthie'....

Carol

Thank you Carol

I was so upset is was incorrect and I really appreciate you getting it straight.

Jeri

Duh me, "report an error", gosh if I read anything on the pages I view I'd be dangerous...lol...

Thanks for fixing this up Carol.

BTW Carol, my cv Ruthie is growing nicely in a sunny, south-east facing window.

Christine

Christine...give her something to climb and she is take off like a Scalded Cat....and bloom.

I'll do that! Thanks Carol.
C.

hummingbird_1

No I don't have anymore that's the only one. I've had it for about 10 years but if anybody has cuttings I'll pay postage.
Thanks,
Jeri

hello jeri...further up the thread is a post for anyone who wants cuttings...she has an email addy for you to contact....you could see if she still has some...it was recent......ttyl...hummingbird

Jeri...I reported the error to "the powers that be" and they told me YOU had to report it. Just go to the Ruthie page in PF and click on 'Report an Error'....

Carol

maureen1952 Great rope pictures