A few photos

I went sort of berserk today, taking random photos which I thought to share. This first one is of my 'Hoya Tree'. It is off the big screened porch where we eat and where I have my desk. The curious thing is that H. weyettii (H. kentiana, waddevah) is growing down, hanging, AND climbing UP the tree. Happy both ways. Also in this mess are H. carnosa, D. ruscifolia, H. glabra, H. vanuatuensis, H. lacunosa, H. caudata, variegated H. verticillata, H. pussila, H. limoniaca, H. pottsii and some confused orchids. I plan on putting more in there...lots of room.

Some of the hoyas mentioned above are not visible because they are in the upper story of the tree. Here is a closer-up, showing part of the H. lacunosa which is just about all over the undersides of the branches (along with H. brevialata). I think the 'under'sides are more comfy for them as there is less direct water(rain) and more moisture.

This is the cutest!!!! It is a Pepperomia planted in the top of a Honey Bear! The Honey Bear has holes in the bottom for drainage...and while I repotted all of the other plants I got from this friend...I dare not touch this as it is obviously happy!!!!

Does anyone know about growing Pepperomias? I would like to grow some on Tree Fern Bark...but I know nothing about this plant. Please send me a Dmail if you do know.... thanks in advance.

Here is a pot of Pepperomias even smaller than those in/on the Honey Bear....

Here's a pot of H. walliniana.... I had some loooooooooooooooong almost bare vines with a couple of leaves....so I planted them in this pot saucer (about 10"diameter with holes drilled for drainage)...winding them around and around. Many nodes sprouted....it really works!!! There is a good layer of Perlite in the bottom of the saucer...

I was potting up some cuttings, and when I pulled the cuttings out of the pot (on the left) the whole 'shibang' came out in tact. You can see the roots growing in/through the perlite. I love this method!!!

OK...and just a random photo I took near the house: a red Passiflora with Blue Ginger in the BG. You can't see the 7,569,230 mosquitos!!! HAHAHAHA

AH yes....H. sussuela hanging down and blooming. The entire vine is about 30' long....and it is almost at the ground.

Carol, your photos are magnificint!! Ahhhhhhh, I would love to be able to wake up, and wander through that lushness with my cup of coffee. Instead I sit here with my coffee, and live vicariously through your photos........A nice second best though. Thank you for sharing with us.

Sara

The walliniana cutting looks great! I'll try that rooting method with my next smaller leaved cutting.

That's it! I'm going to live with Carol!!!

Ann, right now as hot(94-100 w/heat index 104-115) as it's been here the past few days a trip to Hawaii sounds great. Let me know when you're leaving, i'll pick up a few friends and we'll all go and gang up on her at the same time!!!!

dmichael

Cool, dmichael! I'm on my way.
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Upper 70s low 80s here...tradewind breeze....humidity about 55%...but we struggle thru it!

If it were 70 here right now i'd go outside buck naked!!!! mow my grass and do everything else that needs to be done out there. It's just TOO hot to go out !! When you open your door and walk outside it feels just like you're walking into an oven! The humidity here has been between 80-90% all week with haze so thick you can almost cut it.

Note to self - NEVER drop in on David unannounced when the weather is nice...(teehee)

OMG Karen, you and David have me gasping I am laughing sooooooo HARD!!!!!!! I am still cackling, and my son is looking over at me as though I were a complete looney! What awesome therapy this site provides, ascots, long cigarette holders, and "buck naked" landscapers...........

All, of course, doing their "thing" with one eyebrow raised.

Of course Ann, or it wouldn't be "urbane" now would it? And that just wouldn't be classy!!

Snicker
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It has been the same here in NC, but my hoyas are loving it. They think they are in the jungle and are sending out long vines and climbing everything. I live inland and don't get an ocean breeze. Where I live, I can go out butt naked. It is still to hot to do anything except stand in the sprinkler!! LOL.

We just had a few nice cool days here, high 80's but low humidity...you could actually stay comfortably outdoors till 8am, maybe 11am as long as you didn't move at all. Today I tried to do some weeding and was drenched with sweat within 10 minutes (sorry guys, but that was WITH clothing on - my days of hangin out topless in my backyard are long over)

But the plants do love it, I think my obovata has finally taken off, sending out lots of long thick vines like any respectable hoya should....it is fairly full, being made up of about 6 or 7 big cuttings that have been growing together for over a year, but the growth I have had has just been leaves, here and there, here and there...all the hoyas are growing well, but that one is the most impressive right now. Maybe flowers before the end of summer? Does obovata bloom without being rootbound?

Jen...I don't know about rootbound...but most hoyas like to touch the sides of their borders before settling in to start a family.