I also got a seed pod (actually a couple of them) on my australis 'Mrs G' this summer. I did like everyone says and put a nylon footie over the pod until it opened. Then I took the silky seeds and spread them on a paper towel. I wet it down, folded it over, and put that into a zip lock bag. In a few days...this is what I had.
OMG, Marcy ... that is too COOL!!!
Keep us posted on how they grow.
Ann
I really wasn't sure what to use for planting medium so I just used a loose mix in a seed starter kit. I put a dome lid on it and they did sprout.
I can't believe I didn't have any more updated pics on that chip. They must be on another chip...I will look tomorrow. Anyway, they are about an inch & a half big now and have several leaves. I am not sure when and if I should move them to something different. They did not do near as well as the others in that styrofoam thing. If I ever get any more seeds, that is the way I will do it too.
Marcy
Marcy, what does the mama plant look like?
Marcy, that is really cool!! I would love to see more pictures of how everyone's seeds develop. It seems like all of a sudden, there are lots of hoya seeds to watch, while for a long time, there weren't any......
Jen, there is a picture of her plant in the August blooms thread. It is hanging in a tree, under some really cool looking red seed pods. My son wanted me to ask if they (the red seed pods) ever drop off, he could order one from Marcy to share at school!! HA! They really do look a little bit out of this world though.
Sara
Way to grow, Marcy! Any idea of who pollinated Ms. G? (Sounds like a romance novel!)
Who knows, you might publish a H. cv. Marcy!
Jen--Yes, there is a small picture of it in that thread of August Blooms. It is the last pic I posted with the seed pods of the King palms. It is just to the right of the pea pod flag. I will try to get a better picture later. That plant is 4 years old from a tiny plant I got from Sept. Song nursery. It looks mostly like australis ssp. tenuipes, except the leaves are a bit bigger and harder(thicker). The blooms seem to me to be about the same.
Mel--I have no idea what or who pollinated that plant. It was even the wrong time of year I thought (early spring). I got out of my car one day and noticed those long things hanging on the plant. I could not believe my eyes as I have never had a seed pod on any of the hoyas before. I do have a lot of moths around in the flower beds. I'll bet it was one of those. As far as what plant it could have been...no clue. I didn't see any of them blooming in the winter or very early spring out there, so who knows. It grows very close to several pubicalyx, and right across the path is the whole TREE of hoyas. Ha.
Marcy
Oh...and Sara--Yes, those seed things fall off the king palms. ( I will probaby have a million king palms coming up next year. Ha)
Paul actually took some and soaked them in water for 3 days and planted them in a seed thing like I did the hoyas. Nothing came up yet though. If your son wants some...I will be glad to send them off to him. D-mail me your addy again. Some guy told Paul about soaking them first before planting. I really know nothing about them (except they look pretty hanging there on the trees) nor do I have time to fool with propagating any of them.
Marcy
Marcy that is too cool!! I didn't expect such a generous offer - of course I will send you money for shipping. I don't think he was planning on growing them, of course who can say.....he just loves showing his school mates cool and unusual things.
We went to Disney land 2 years ago in February, and he brought home a bag full of palm bark, some kind of cone (pine, or acorn?), and rocks, and shells, and....and....and..... HA! My mother of course encouraged him endlessly, she really is a great grandma, but boy did his bag STINK when we got home and I was washing things out.
He did con a nursery grower into giving him a stephanotis seed pod a year ago, and he did manage to germinated all of his seeds!! They are all still growing together in a pot, and are pretty good sized. I need to see if I can find a picture. I was afraid to separate them, as I had, and still have no idea what I am doing with seeds! He was planning to train them on a topiary frame that came in to Bryan's work damaged, but the vendor credit manager threw it away before Logan could get to it! Kind of a relief as the frame was huge, and his seedlings not so much!!
S
Ms. G is an australis seedling....and those leaves do NOT look like australis at all. How cool!!!
