This is one of those Exotic Angel baskets that oyu can buy form any of the big box stores. Mine came from Lowes and i've had it I guess around 6 years now.
Never ever did I expect it to take off growing like it did and it never crossed my mind thta I w ould see flowers on it within a year of bringing it home. My grandma had one as I was growing up and I seem to remember her having it for a very long time before it ever bloomed.
The first 2 years I had this plant,I didnt have any of my gh's yet so it stayed in my bedroom close to the window. When it came into bloom i'd always move it to the living room or hang it in front of a window in the kitchen because I cant stand the way the flowers smell on this hoya.
It's a very reliable bloomer for me and starts early spring and goes right on blooming until ,well I dont know when until is because it's had flowers open as recently as just a few weeks ago. And it's had as many as 40 or more clusters of flowers open on it each time it bloomed. I counted 40 something spurs on it and when I had it down yesterday for the pic I noticed new ones forming all over it.
I've been very surprised by and pleased with the amount of new growth that all of my hoyas have put on this year,but if I could just get them all to this size it would make me one happy camper.
I've got a plant of silver pink and another that I think might be crimson queen that are equally as big as this rope and if davidcummingii doesnt slow down it wont be long before he's right up there with them.
Sara for cell phone pics they arent really that bad. These are being made with my razor.The phone I had before was a Sony Ericsson T637 and it took decent quality pics as well but when I sent them to my computer they were very small. I am still a bit computer retarded and dont know how to resize pics and stuff.
With this razor phone when I send pics to the computer they are full sized already so nothing else to do but save them and attach when needed.
Dawn you think it's big you should feel how heavy it is. I kept telling the picture taker stop being so picky about it and hurry up and take the picture this thing is heavy. I had blood clots in my left arm 7 years ago and it still gives me problems pain wise if and when I hold too much weight for too long with it.
I've had a few people to ask me why I dont chop this plant up and make new ones for sale. Well one reason is because you can go into any HD,lowes or walmart and buy them any day of the year in this area. Some of the local grocers even have them for sale.Second reason is because it took me a while to get this plant to this size and you just dont see or get them this big overnight.
Anyone who comes here to see my plants and wants this one I always send them to one of those stores,cause I aint cuttin this one!!!
dmichael
