I got my cuttings today. Oh My! meltn sent me some really nice Hoyas. The collection is starting to grow back.
hoya camphorifolia
Hoya cv. Iris Marie
Hoya heuschkeliana
Hoya Tanna Island
Hoya Citrina
Thank you Mel!
US Spring Swaps Received
Congratulations!!!
They all look very pretty.
Lourdes =)
Wow ! That go to you super fast weeding.
Nice cuttings...
Beautiful cuttings!!!! Congratulations....
Mark, if i haven't said this yet.... Thanks so much for organizing this!!!!!
Carol
Yipppeeee!! I got my cuttings today - it was a rainy, dreary day here, so this was a real pick-me-up! Thanks, Jan (Sunshinesw) for camphorifolia, polyneura and australis!! I love them!
Karen
A good score!
I have a polynuera (outside) that grows quite well, and makes a peduncle at every node, but hasn't bloomed in the 4+ years I've had it.
Anybody had this one bloom? And if so, how'd you do it?
Yes, I must join in and say a big Thank You, Gracias, Merci to Mark.
What a great way to return the forum to Fun Fun Fun ^_^
I haven't even got my box yet, but it's been just great so far !!
Paula
Kare, you are welcome. I am glad you like the cuttings.
Mark, thank you for hosting this swap. My polyneura never flowered for me, I think it's too hot here.
Weeding! Thanks so much for your generous swap! I feel like I won the hoya lottery. I am busy welcoming multiflora, carnosa Krimson Queen, rubra, Krinkle, publicalyx Splash, obovata and macgillivrayi, as well as my no id non-hoya! The cuttings are healthy and large. This is my first swap ever and I am so excited--I will write "From Cindy" on the back of all their little tags :-)) Mark, thanks from me, too, for organizing this. What a great feeling of community it creates. Cathy
My box came from Mark today, here they are....H. waymaniae, H irismarie, H. wayetii, H. albiflora, and H. lanceolata.
Many Thanks Mark!!!
My box came today. I got polyneurra, Krimson Queen, compacta and obovata. I also got cuttings of Hatiora UNK, hatiora salicoiniodes, Rhipsalis, and staplia giganta. I'm overjoyed. I have the hoya soaking in ST, and will pot them up tomorrow and take pics of them all.
Thanks Jo, for such a wonderful bunch of cuttings. I'm overjoyed.
I got my box today- from Ric in Florida. This is even better than my order from David Liddle! There were six or seven nice cuttings, one noid (which I like!) and the best of all, a rooted cutting of Hoya retusa! I've ordered this several times, but never could get it rooted.
Thanks so much, Ric!
Mark,
Glad you like. And thank you for a fun well organized swap.
ric
Ric grows a mean retusa!!!!!
I groggily stumbled down to the barn for the evening feed, only to open the feed room door to find a package for me. I might at that this was not a box I expected at all. I quickly fed the horses and stole away to my kitchen to see what hoya booty the gods had bestowed on me.
I cracked open the box to see what new victims, er cuttings I had for my rooting experiments. I shamefully might mention that I have only been successful in getting one hoya to ever root for me, but I lay blame for this on the fact that I was moving pretty much all of last year. Anyway, I unwrapped each of the (screaming?) hoyas and stared for about a minute at the heiroglyphics scrawled on each white tag
I think I got:
h. shepardii
h sp nong nooch
h sp philippines img0831
h cv "iris marie"
tanne island (??)
h anulata
and a mystery leafless vine
I should also mention that most of these cuttings had a peduncle or twelve. I thank my Secret Santa for the box of love. I currently have them all playing in a tub of water with a splash of Eleanors.
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gaiadisciple, Who knew that evening chores could be so rewarding. Sounds like you were in Hoya heaven last night.
This really is an exciting thing to be part of, it's like watching everyone open presants at christmas time.
Eileen, I'm glad you liked what I sent, I hope some of them are new for you.
I took my son to the beach and when I came home..... my box was waiting for me !
Yaayyyyy, I am so thrilled.
Karen was so generous - thank you so much ^_^
In my box were 2 rooted plants : H meliflua ssp fraterna and H cv Noelle.
There were also 6 cuttings, very large : H australis ssp australis, H fungii,
H carnosa 'Chelsea', H davidcummingii, H cumingiana and H pubicalyx 'Royal
Hawaiian Purple'. I just love them all.
I'm really worried about rooting now, I don't want to lose any :(
Send me happy rooting thoughts !!
Thanks again Karen
Paula
Whoops, forgot to add the pic. Sorry...
AHA - H. cv. Chelsea is YOURS!!!! what great cuttings are being exchanged!!!! This whole swap gives me such warm and fuzzies!!! I remember when I was a newbie...when I didn't know a lot more than what I don't know now and when I just couldn't fathom where to get cuttings...how to start...whom to trust. There was Nothing like these wonderful swaps...just private ones where there were good traders and awful ones and OK ones and who knew? It is so fun to participate where giving and sharing is so easy...where the Christian (or whatever) ethics and values we ''share''really manifest.
For those of you who didn't participate...maybe next year you can share this wonderful spirit.... I hope so because it is really worth it for the soul. The ability to give is such a blessing!
Carol
I agree 100 %. I AM a newbie and with this swap received all brand new hoyas to me.
I love it !! And I enjoyed just as much sending my box off to my swap partner.
I highly recommend this...and it's great ( terrible ?) for addictions !!
Paula
I received my box from paula yesterday....I received H. pubicalyx, H. obscura, and one that was labeled as H. carnosa but it really looks like verticullata variegata to me. I'll try to get a pic so someone else can try an ID. I also got some very cool flowery pens. Thanks so much!!
Kim
You're very welcome, Paula! I was secretly enjoying your posts to the "chelsea" thread, teeheeing to myself that one was on it's way to you!
These swaps are the bomb! I have always gotten great trade partners, which has resulted in an ever-growing collection. This is a great way to make friends while supporting our addictions. I look forward to the next one!
Karen
I did good......lotsalillys went all out! I got a bunch of bromeliads, a ric rac cactus and 3 clivias.....I've always wanted to get them. Thank you Lotsalillys for such great treats.
.....a BIG sigh of relief! Rick when I went to you haves, and wanted trades list all I saw were Hoyas. I am glad you like them. If you have any questions at all about any of them please feel free to d-mail me. John
I received a wonderful package today from boojum with large healthy cuttings of H. multiflora, H. polyneura, H. brevialata, H. lacunosa speckled leaf, and H. curtisii along with Dendrobium kingianum and a cutting of Epiphyllum German Express.
Thank you so much, Kathy. I am delighted with everything you sent. I wish I could post a picture at this time, but my camera hasn't been working right for over a week.
Shirley
Shirley, soooo glad you liked your package. I was a bit worried, so it is a relief to hear. I knew you had hoyas, so I threw in a few other plants. BTW, here is the mama Empress today. I officially made her a mother by giving you a cutting. Happy Mother's Day.
Today, I woke up kinda blue and was dragging around. Until I got my package from Barb (bjf826). OMG, 8 new hoyas with ROOTS!!! It was like getting this GIANT hug. Just wonderful! I laughed and cried and felt nuts-it was great!!
Here they are out of the box (beautifully wrapped, I might add).
H. linearis
H. cv. Jennifer
H. pubicalyx 'Pink Silver'
H. pubicalyx 'Royal Hawaiian Purple'
H. potsii
H. cummingiana (I had one which died in a DL order. Did you know I wanted it?)
H. carnosa 'Krimson Queen'
H. sp IML 1420
Here they are potted and on the way to their final destination-the diningroom.
Jeeezzz.......wow, bjf want to trade? Very very nice.
Congratulations to all, beautiful cuttings!
I will absolutely join next time.
Ric, is Clivia commonly grown in Florida? I norcal it has become really popular- what a tough, dependable low light plant! And beautiful, too.
There are some nice yellow and white forms that have been showing up in recent years here, at very high prices.
I just looked up clivia - Wow - that's beautiful! Low light, huh?
Must add to list....
There ARE some brilliant Clivia with wide fat variegated leaves!!!! I love them!
Wow, That epi Empress is a beauty!! I can't believe the blooms. This swap is fun. I love seeing what everyone is getting.
Mark,
I don't see clivia very often.....And I'm know to spend weekends traveling to florida nurseries. I know they are very desirable and can be expensive. Like Carol has written...some of the variagated ones are beatiful but can cost you a lot of hoya dollars.
Just check e-bay listings! --- OT ( if anyone out there has a variageted clivia :) I'd be willing to trade a mean hoya for it)
Hi Kathy! I am so glad you liked the selection I sent. This is so much fun... I love enabling a fellow Hoya addict!!
Barb
My cuttings have arrived. Thank you so much Karen!
We got home from my brother-in-laws wedding and there they were waiting for me: Hoya Mathilda, Hoya schneii, Hoya cembra, Hoya Iris Marie. Hoya Nummeraloides and epi ‘Crème de Menthe. I love them all. They are all in the rooting box (except for the epi which is in its own separate pot).
Thanks Again
Dawn
PS - Sorry I didn’t post yesterday but I couldn’t get time on the computer. My three sons and my husband were hogging it.
I mailed my box off today!
When I got home from work there was a nice surprise waiting for me!! Thank you,Becky, for the wonderful collection of hoyas. I really like the philodendron,too. It is so pretty. I get to add to my collection:
H. curtisii
H. kentiana
H. crimson queen
H. bella
H. carnosa--looks like krinkle eight
Thank you for the wonderful cuttings.