...with the cuttings I ordered from David Liddle. Of the 11 different ones I received, 9 already have rooted (griffithii, eitapensis, citrina, aff. gracilis, leucorhoda, mitrata, graveolens, dimorpha and sp DMC 5667B). I had them in my lighted "hoya hut" on a heating mat. Two of my cuttings have not rooted, h. sp DMC 5655B and h. polystacha. I REALLY like the polystacha, so I want it to root!! Anyone have any thoughts on how to root this one?? Thanks!! Karen
Really pleased...
Congrats Karen it's always a good feeling when our hoya babies root. How are you rooting the polystacha now? Some are just going to take longer than others to root. I just recently changed some of my hoyas that weren't rooting from moss into water and I'm starting to see roots now.
Blessings,
Sistah A
Congrats on your rooting Karen, sounds like your having great success.
Karen, sounds like you are having same luck with DL cuttings that I am - I even found tiny buds on Odorata, I have mine on light rack that stays on for 16-18 hrs a day! I started all of mine in water and it worked! I think nearly all of mine have roots now - I need to plant most of them this weekend! :)
Thanks! Does anyone have any suggestions on ways to root polystacha? I really like this one - any thoughts?
Perhaps no suggestions, but I remember that I rooted my polystachya in soil and that it seemed to take forever to root.
Christina
My multiflora, memoria & finlaysonii are slow to take root. I have them in water which is how I rooted all the other I got from DL. The cuttings look healthy just no roots. When I changed the water this this time, I submerged them deeper. One of the ones that did take root rooted higher on the cutting than I expected (just at water lever or slightly above) so Im thinking I don't have enough of the stem in the water. I never would have thought it would take this long to root these.
Guess I need more of that "p - word" - patience! Thanks - Karen
I have rooted all except H. mindorensis ssp. superba in soil and so far they are all rooting up (some slower than others). Since I like to root the cuttings in those outrageously overpriced coconut fiber pots, I can see when it is time to take them out of the incubator and begin introducing them into the normal house environment. So far three have root exploration out the bottoms of their pots, so I have moved them out of the neonatal intensive care unit and into the nursery.
I am happy to report that one of Sandyc's DL hoyas (that was left in my care because it was too bad-off to travel), an imperialis, has new growth. It had lost every single leaf and was nothing but a stem, so I removed the desiccated portion of the stem and slathered rooting hormone on what was left & on a joint and stuck it in Annie W.'s mix of perlite and vermiculite, put it in a zip-loc bag and misted the heck out of it, then stuck it on top of the 'fridge and offered a human sacrifice to the gods (OK, kidding about the last part ... wait ... I guess I did make the offer ...). It has about an inch-and-a-half of new growth and is a plump and healthy green stick with some leaves forming on the new growth.
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Ann - you are too funny! Human sacrifice....hmmmmmm....never thought of that! Do you think that would help my polystacha?? Karen
Sistah K one thing I find that works it to put it someplace where you don't have to see it, otherwise you'll just continue to check on it:-).
Blessings,
Sistah A
Sistah A - Would that someplace you have in mind be Arizona?? I'm on to you, Sistah A!!!! Actually, moving to where I won't check it all the time is probably a great idea. You know, I wonder if I checked on my kids this much as they were growing up.....Karen
Some hoyas root easily from the stems...and others need to have the bottom of the node in the medium or water to encourage rooting. Have you tried that? I always try to have a node squashed down into the pot to root and not count on stems only.
Carol
Tee Hee I think human sacrifice would work for your polystacha as well, Karen!
Karen, are you using bottom heat ? Is it getting cold there? GREAT job on your cuttings...some of them just take a while sometimes!!! I am running a 'test'; the bigger cuttings I root many to a, say, 6" pot. Then when they should be ready (I see a bit of new growth on a couple) I tip them out and pot them up individually.
Some will have massive root systems and some will be, eh-smaller, and some have nada, zip, zero....or just a teeny nub. Huh? So...in this next batch I am going to determine which side faced the most light and which faced the least and see if that is a determining factor. What I don't get is how the cuttings are basically the same semi woody cuttings from the same vine on the same plant...why the different growth? The next batch I stick in to root, I am going to start at the bottom of the vine and number them from oldest wood to newest and see which roots fastest/best.... Nothing else to do?!!! LOL
Carol - yes it is getting cold here :0( But I am using bottom heat with these cuttings. Still nothing on polystacha, though. Let us know the results of your experiment - the results should be interesting! Karen
Karen the woody stemmed cuttings I put in water on October 24th, have started rooting:-). For the longest they wouldn't root in the moss, so I changed them into water and now roots!!
Blessings,
Awanda
Hmmm.....I may try moving it to water to see if I can get it to root!
My h. multifora and h. finlaysonii are woody (thick) and they have been in water since I rec'd them from Ann (David Liddle order) and I see no signs of roots. They are, however looking healthy and show no signs of dieing. I have h. memoira that is a smaller cutting (thinner) and it is slow to root also. I have all three of these in water and I keep it changed ever 3 days and put a small amount of Super Thrive in. I am afraid to put them in dirt without roots. Won't this cause them to dry out? As long as the cuttings are looking healthy in water shouldn't I leave them there?
Dawn