Just to get the party started ...
H. davidcummingii is developing buds. Lets see if Ann can keep from "loving" them to death.
January Buds & Blooms
Fingers crossed here, looks very promising !!! :)
Nice picture, Ann!!
Thanks, Ladies! I took it with a macro lens and the aperture set at 3.5
Fingers crossed here too, Ann. H. davidcummingii is soooo cute and smells soooo nice =)
These buds are from rooted cuttings I received from Miss Kitty three months ago. Fastest turnaround yet! Ann, I think this may actually be H. javanica, the buds look right. I'll know for sure once they open fully.
H. waymaniae. Look how some of the flowers are fighting for space to open fully. I can almost hear them grunting and elbowing each other.
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH, I LOVE HOYAS!!!!!!!
Ann
p.s. very cool Mark!!!
edited to say ... Oh, also what kind of lighting does H. waymaniae get at your house? Since we have similar weather patterns, I might get a useful tip or two out of you. I keep mine in an east-facing window where it gets morning through about 2pm sun. I has continued to produce new growth (even in the cloudy winter). Did yours come with a peduncle already formed? Or, did it form for you?
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Mark - cool blooms, and that picture of waymaniae is beautiful!! Karen
FYI...H. waymaniae, I am told, grows on the forest floor...creeping along like a ground cover. I keep mine in low light and moist (ambient humidity) but not sopping wet... I have tried a number of ways and this seems to work the best. Too much water and the very fleshy stems seem to rot.
Carol
Thanks Carol. I have been letting mine get all the way dry because of those concerns. The loose soil mine came in (from you) works to make sure that those roots don't just sit in cold, damp water.
Ann
Ann, waymaniae grew this peduncle here at my place. I got the plant about a year ago, and it has grown non-stop. It hangs near a south facing window, to the west side, so it gets morning and early afternoon light just like yours. I don't let it stay wet, and water once a week unless it is still damp from last week, in which case I wait til next week.
I took some close-ups of the open flowers of my "multiflora" and matched them against David Liddles close-ups on the MSN site- this one is definately H. javanica! The outer corona tips bend inwards in multiflora, in javanica the tips bend outwards.
Thanks for the info. Mark!!
Yep, I totally agree with you and Carol that my plant (obtained as an EA plant and labeled H. multiflora) is an H. javonica. I think the coronal (is that a word?) differences in photographs are clear enough that people interested in seeing what they have could take a look at Carol's website http://www.bigislandgrowers.com/AHcomp/AHmult1.php for a view of H. javonica blooms. Also, see http://groups.msn.com/HoyasRUs/davidliddle.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=677 to see a photo by David Liddle of an H. multiflora bloom. Note how the H. javonica bloom has a more "pointy," arrow-like shape to it, while the H. multiflora bloom tip looks "stubbier."
Such a gorgeous flower!
Ann
Ain't nature kewl?????
yup!
Finally I have found out that this little beauty is H. cv. Black Star (one of Ed Gildings' crosses, H. ciliata X H. affinis). What makes this kewl is that the flowers turn UP and don't just hang down...so they are very visible...and they last a LONG time.
GLORIOUS!!!!!
ditto what Ann said!!! WOW!!
Oh soooooo pretty ..... Love both the H cv 'Black Star' and the 'Waymaniae! I just NEVER knew there were so many different, unusual and Beautiful Hoya's out there! Do these two have nice fragrance, or just those unusual and pretty flowers?
Lin
Lin, speaking only for myself, I don't get a satisfying scent from waymaniae (pictured above). Many people don't find any scent at all- to me its smells from dusk to very early in the morning, and has a very weak scent of camphor. You have to stick your nose right in it, and even then you don't always find it.
I never tried to smell cv. Black Star because usually Eriostemmas don't have an odor... Will have to check it out.
Beautiful hoya's. I love cv. black star, it is so pretty. I shipped mine off to a friend to enjoy the humid climate, but still holding on to cv. ruthie, and cv. optimistic.
Mark H. waymaniae is really pretty too, lucky guy, I killed mine. And thanks for the heads up on your H.javonica, now I know what mine is and I didn't even have to do the research, mine came from the same generous person, and it's blooming it's little head off. I was really pleased at how long the blooms last.
Tami, do you notice any scent from your javonica? Mine has a light, weird, vegetable smell, like green bell peppers, with a bit of the carnosa scent.
There's a lot to be said for the exotic ones, like waymaniae, but it's nice to have ones that bloom so early and profusely, like javanica, too. Rewarding.
Mark, I didn't detect any smell at all. Sounds like an interesting combo of smells !! I'm glad it's not an overwhelming smell.
My Hoya subquintuplinervis has given me a second bloom on the same peduncle which is nice.
Cheers Roy
That is just too lovely Roy!!!
A gorgeous bloom, as well as a gorgeous picture!!
Very nice blooms Roy. I've got a nice small/med starter plant of H. subquintuplinervis which I cant wait to see bloom. It came with a peduncle but hasnt made any new flowers for me yet.
dmichael
So pretty.
gram
H. halophila is becoming another favorite of mine!!! The leaves are a bright green...and it flowers and flowers and flowers - for me, all year long. The scent is of spicey butter!
Beautiful, Carol!
Ann
Everyone has such interesting hoyas in blooming mode!
My carnosa is starting up an umbel or too in my office window, but that's about it right now......
Nice shot Carol, I love the habit of this Hoya and also the lovely bronze new growth.
Roy
Nice to see some pretty blooms, beats looking outside at the snow. I have a few blooming and getting ready, thank goodness, as I hate looking at the snow and freezing, keeps me sane !!!
So this is on a bit of a tangent, but it seems to me that my "multiflora" is also a javanica - would you agree?
It was a cutting that bloomed on every node, and then proceeded to drop every leaf. I snipped the tip off and re-rooted it, and now I have a leafy cutting in a little pot in a baggie - grown sopping wet..... I suppose I should take it out at some point and let it grow "normally". (This photo was taken in August....)
Wow, KR...gorgeous photo!!!! Yes, looks like it.
beautiful flower and photo, Keyring!
KR, they seem to fussy little hoya's. Mine likes to drop leaves too, I can't figure out why. I think because I give it to much water, but if I don't water it enough it drops a peduncle. Hmmm, where is the happy medium. They are really a gorgeous plant. I have a new one opening and am going to go see if I can detect any bell pepper/carnosa scent.
Ann how is the davidcummingii comming along?