Its not just for curiosity that I seek the name but I also want to know how to take care of it so it can thrive. If anyone can help......thanks in advance
My only hoya...a noid
Looks like a carnosa...and behind it a weed? Easy to care for, give it good light and let it get slightly dry between waterings. Don't cut it back, if the vines bother you or get in the way, wrap and weave them around and thru the existing foliage, or just let them hang, which looks the best!
"A Weed"!!!!! I thought it was part of the same plant. As for the cutting, I was thinking of cutting a very long b ranch extending below what u can now see. I wanted to plant it back into the pot in hopes of making it bushier. It's so stringy. What do u think? Thanks for responding Bhavana34 :)
Welcome, Anaid!! Is this your only, or first, hoya?
Karen
There is never an only hoya..one leads to another, then another, then another......
It is both my first and only. I was very intrigued when I saw pics of diff Hoyas and the blooms. I got this one in a trade in the fall and it was in my green house all winter, but my memory is worthless when it comes to remembering what the name was. I took it out this spring and it's been hanging there all this time. We have been having "TONS" of rain and it seems to have done it good. Im gonna see if I can find additional info on it now that I know what it could possibly be. Im hoping to be lucky enough to have someone trade with me so I can grow my collection of these.
Nice looking hoya...Anaid. Stick around for Co ops and cutting swaps... In the meantime, ebay has some good buys...so you can build up a stash to trade......
Carol
First of all, yank that weed outta there!
What you have to keep in mind though is that these plants can look "stringy" as part of their natural look - there will be some amount of fullness on the top, in the pot area, but it is their natural tendency to send out long "stringy" vines. Eventually those vines will have leaves, but what you describe is just part of the look for hoyas. And the eventual flowers are going to come from those vines.
But, to encourage fullness at the top, take a cutting with a few nodes where leaves are growing, strip the leaves from the bottom node( just above where you made your cut ) and then make sure that bottom node is below soil level, that is where most of the rooting hormones are. It should root pretty quickly at this time of the year, but if the plant is hanging in full sun, you might want to move it to a shadier spot while the cutting roots. You could also root the cutting separately in a small pot, then plant it in with the rest of the plant after it starts to show new growth, but I would just go ahead and stick it in with the mother plant, there should be plenty of room once you pull that weed!
Boy Jen, I would sure hate to be a weed in your yard.... :)
Welcome to hoyas Anaid. Yours looks nice and healthy. I often cut my vines, and pop them back in after rooting. I have even done it if I don't like how the plant is fitting in a pot I want to put it in......I will just snip off the vine, root it, and put it back where I want it later. I don't think it will hurt anything at all, and it will help fill up your pot.
I wish we could get some of your rain. My lawn is just about dead. We have had record high temps, and I don't think we have had any moisture in over two months.....
:( It is miserable right now, and very hazy as we have a whole lot of fires burning, and some of the prettiest ares of the state closed because of it. I just try to keep water on the trees, the roses, and my few evergreens........
Sara
Sometimes we have to think about what we wish for. We had a drought just before this deluge. We had some little towns surrounding us that literally burned to the ground. We were on watering restrictions last summer but this year I havent watered anything at all. Trying to be positive about the weather I'm glad for my new crepe myrtles that I've planted cuz the rain has certainly made them flourish. My grass (the good part) is doing very well but along with it are lots of crab grass that Im trying to eliminate and lets not get started on the ants. If and when we ever do stop getting so much rain I plan on just letting an exterminator come in and do the whole yard. My house is elevated so I believe there are mounds under the house too. I've had to have the lawn (which is pretty large) mowed almost every week. Luckily it's my son in law that does it for me so I dont mind forking out the money that would've gone to a stranger. There are times the level of the water gets pretty high and the entire yard is under water. (attaching a pic) Still trying to be positive I'm hoping this will mean a good pecan crop for my trees. Will keep u posted.
We have water like that every year, the house I live in was built on wetlands, and today they wouldn't even be allowed to build on land like this...the water table is very high, so even a slightly heavy rain will cause flooding - and I don't mean a few puddles, we are talking ducks showing up, that is how much water there is! This spring a pump was installed in the most flood prone part of the yard, and that seems to have helped alot, when the water reaches a certain level, it switches on automatically. I kind of miss the ducks, though. They were fun to have around.
Just thought I'd come back here to let everyone know that what we thought was a weed isnt a weed after all. I took the pot down and was tracing the branch down to pull it out of the soil but I discovered that it was attached to the original plant. The weed is part of the hoya. I compared the leaves and they look similar only smaller. Do hoyas ever put out growth that might be a little different from the older plant? Im wondering if the look of the leaves will change as they get more mature, U think?
Photo????
Preferably a closeup photo of the alleged weed stem growing out of a hoya stem. Maybe it is a mutant alien parasite weed, come here to earth to take over all the hoyas.
Kidding aside - No, I have never seen anything like this, even little baby carnosa stems don't look or grow that way.....is it possible a weed seed got mixed up in the stem area of the hoya, and is growing up from the same exact area as the hoya? That could happen. I was weeding yesterday and believe me, some weeds will wrap themselves around, entwine, and grow practically from the same exact spot as the flowers.
New growth can look very different!!! Sometimes naturally and sometimes because of an insect that has affected it...or a cultural condition. Don't worry about it!!! If you can, do take a photo....
Carol
Im here to confess that I didnt take Bhavana34's advice to yank out the weed. It's continued to grow and now it's flowering. (???) Im attaching a pic of the flowering weed to see if anyone recognizes it. It's a pretty color; maybe I'll keep it.
Looks like a lipstick......
more....
Yup..lipstick...can't spell the latin to save my life....
maybe this one looks better
Yessiree...a Lipstick Plant. And it was attached to the hoya?
I havent dared to dig out the Hoya; from the dirtline it looks like it's coming out of the same stem the Hoya is. They are probably just stuck together but Im leaving them like they are for now. I have to go look and see if I can find how to take care of the Lipstick now that I know what it is. Hope it isnt much different than the Hoya or I will have to separate them.
You shouldn't have to worry. Interesting pot mates!!!!
That is too funny! Maybe happened at the growers? I would leave them the way they are too, though as they grow one will probably start competing for space and choke the other out - my guess for the bully would be the carnosa!
The care for these two is pretty similar, they both need good strong light to bloom.
Im looking forward to the Hoya flower to open. They are so interesting looking at this stage.....
The lipsticks are usually Aeschynanthus and sometimes Columnea
And your Hoya looks like one I have that was labeled Hoya rubra. It bloomed for the first time this summer. The blooms smelled like green bananas!
im gonna have to see if it does smell like bananas. updating on both plants. the hoya finally opened up and the lipstick is still blooming.
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the lipstick
So pretty, Anaid. I never have been able to get a carnosa to bloom for me - good for you!!!
Ann
Nothing special; I actually didnt even think it was gonna survive. I have never had experience w/hoyas. I dont pamper my plants but do take care of them. Dont know if that advice helps anyone.
I've been reading alot of the posts in here and alot comment on how the blooms smell so nice. My bloom doesnt smell at all. Is it my nose or the bloom??????
Anaid, I have found that with the carnosas, Tricolor (KQ) has very little scent, compared to KP, or the solid green carnosa.
It also depends on time of day, weather, how long the bloom has been open, which hoya it is, etc. etc.
Some consistantly smell good (like lacunosa, or australis). Others are fickle about their scents and when to let us have any. Ha.
With the fires around here the air quality and smog is so bad out there...NONE of them smell good.
Marcy
Jen, it doesn't look like Anaid's hoya is a KQ. It looks like either plain hoya carnosa or a KP that has lost its variegation.
Either way, sometimes the smell is bad for some and good for others - or strong for some and weak for others. Try smelling it at night - carnosas usually emit their scent at night. I find that mine smells like chocolate!
Gabi