I found this at Home Depot the other day and surprisingly got an amazing price for it.
I'm pretty sure it's a hoya and would like to find out any further information about it as far as how to keep it alive and thriving, how to know when to repot (it's in a pretty small pot), what size pot it should be in, what kind/color of flower it has, and anything else interesting.
Appreciate any information. Thanks. ~~~ Carol
Here is a closer picture.
Nope, it looks like a lipstick plant. Flowers are probably red/orange.
It has thick leathery leaves that are shaped the same as my mother's hoya.
Looks like a lipstick plant to me too!
Blessings,
Awanda
It's a lipstick plant but boy would I love to have a hoya with leaves like that.
dmichael
How can I tell the difference between this and a hoya?
Doing exactly what you are doing. Asking questions, examining the minute differences, and soon you'll be able to spot either at 50 yards!!! I would take this plant, put it up to one of your similar-looking hoyas, and see what small differences you might notice on the stems, the leaf stems, growth patterns, etc. It just takes time and patience, but you can do it!
:-)
This message was edited Feb 14, 2007 3:03 PM
Thanks for the info.
Crud muffins, I was sure it was a hoya!
Either way, it's a beauty. Love the leaves.
Carol,
I am sure that you are not the only hoya lover that has mistakenly purchased a lipstick plant thinking that it was a hoya. I am sure that if you took a poll, and everyone was honest, you might just find yourself in good company!!
I'll fess up.....and after 4 years of collecting hoyas, I still occasionally find myself taking a second look at lipsticks, thinking the same thing you did. Dischidias are quite the bugger to tell the difference in too. I am almost positive D. ruscifolia could be Hoya curtsii, without the silver spotting!
Sara
Carol: If you don't want it, you can send it South .... I promise I'd do my best to take good care of it!
Very Pretty! and ............ I thought it was some sort of Gorgeous Hoya too!
Maybe it's this one; Aeschynanthus longicaulis http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/77824/index.html
I never knew a lipstick plant could look like this. I always thought of them as a wildflower type blah plant.
Oh Poo; now I don't know if I'm so thrilled at the "deal" I got on it. I really want a hoya; and not from my mother's plant.
Plantlady, you might end up with at least part of it. I'd be afraid not to split it while it's in good health (I have such terrible luck with plants in general). It may be better to part it out so somebody gets some joy out of it. Wonder if it would travel well to FL?
Hang on to your hat, Carol, with hoyas you are in for quite a ride!!!! It is a fun species to collect...and get sidetracked with!!!''
One of my most beautiful plants was a Lipstick Plant...looked like yours with a lot of black in the leaves and called the Red Baron....
Carol
I think they are SO interesting. The flowers look so similar (but much prettier) to a blechy milkweed, but the plant is so strong, healthy looking, and beautiful.
And Carol, not only do I continue to see a lipstick plant here and there and think "hold on ... is this a hoya?" only to get real close and think "darn, fooled again" (after having bought quite a few myself over the years), but there are hoya Experts who have declared a lipstick plant to be a hoya - that is how similar they are to the naked eye! So, you are in excellent company. Besides, who cares ... anything that turns carbon dioxide into oxygen is A-OK in my book (especially since they all look so lovely while doing it!). On the topic, aren't milkweed plants generally a really cool bunch of plants? The diversity in them is amazing!
It does help clean the air, that is true.
A big plus for it according to the plant file info is being a shade plant. I like that idea to make it easier to decide on a location to house it. I wished it explained the soil and water requirements.
Carol, I went through this very same process - see my earlier thread:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/688943/
I was so excited, I bought two - Home Depot. I already had one, but it is a different variety so I to thought it was a Hoya. The leaves on my first one are different so I too was convinced it was a Hoya. I can't wait to see what the blooms on my new one are like. These are the flowers from my first.
Everyone here was wonderful to me as well in offering identification and culture information.
Cindy .... Beautiful photo of your Lipstick plant! I have one, but it hasn't bloomed yet. It is one of those from Home Depot, the Exotic Angel I think they are called. The tag on mine said medium light, so I've had it hanging in an East Window where it gets bright light, but no direct sun. Sure hope it thrives and blooms for me.
Thank you Lin. Mine was dumb luck. I never had one before and had no idea what the flowers would look like or how to take care of it. I have mine in the bathroom shower (obviously we have a huge shower area) where it gets humidity, bright indirect light in a northern exposure. It was the only window I had left to put a plant. I was so excited when it got the burgandy tubular cups and thought that was the lipstick. Then the red popped out and that was exciting and then it opened. This one has darker thicker leaves than my HD, so I can't wait to see the flowers on the new one.
Oh, don't forget to post a photo when the new one blooms!
So is it suppose to like sun or not? According to Plant Files it is a shade plant.
Shade as far as I've always known! Mine gets bright light which doesn't seem to hurt, but no direct sun.
Because the sun is so scorching in our zone, my plants get enough bright light in shaded areas. Early morning sun is tolerable. My lipstick is in a bright window that never gets direct sun due to the northern exposure. I'll be happy to share pictures when the new one flowers.
The Plant file doesn't tell about soil and watering requirements. Which forum should I ask about growing requirements?
I use a fine orchid mix for all my epiphytes and keep it evenly moist, well drained. I spray or mist mine every other day. Here is a link with good information.
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week081.shtml
Thank you.
