Potting and repotting, I came across this plant - H. coriacea - and it is a wonderful example of what happens when you tie a vine down ..that growth point stops and the new one will start at the 'uphill' curve. A picture is worth.....
Fooling around in the GH
OH...and I am sorry this isn't really really crispy sharp....but this scene was going on above my head...this Anole is licking the nectar from the flowers... They like the H. pachyclada so well, all of her budding points were eaten off the rachis!!!!
Interesting Carol! I think I have a noid that has happened to. I spotted it the other day and thought it was weird the way it was growing. I will have to go out and examine it more closely tomorrow in the daylight!
How cool is that little Anole! We have a lot of those little critters around ... love them - they eat bugs! There must be lots of eggs hatching cause we've had many really tiny baby anoles lately, they are the cutest little things! I have a lacunosa and ds-70 that have been blooming heavily and have had nectar but I haven't seen any of the anoles on the hoyas thank goodness. I wouldn't mind them tasting the nectar but I sure would be disappointed if they ate the flower buds!
What an adorable little visitor! I've never seen an Anole here. Hummingbirds are prevalent though and like to hover around the hoyas in summer.
Just wondering, Carol.... if you do this and a new growth point emerges, would you then be able to release the first part of the vine and have it continue to grow? Would this be a consistent method of having a more branched plant base? Thanks.
Barb
Hmmmm Good question Barb. I know that the part bending down will not grow any new growth.....and when it is leafless it simply dies! Today I will 'reconfigure' the vine and make it face up....and see if we can get new growth.
Yes...those little Aloles are all over the GH as are the Ghekos. I love their tourquoise eyelids!!!
Carol
This is my noid that had been tied down and ended up with this curving vine coming out at an angle. No leaves at the end of the bare part but it still continues to grow. Should I leave it as is or tie it up to a trellis/stake?
Maybe you can see it better with a close up. It began the curve outward at the hard little nub on the right of that stem.
Thanks, Carol. I'll be interested to see what transpires.
Barb
Lin...your NOID looks a whole lot like H. australis! Strong grower. If you cut off that vine you won't have flowers.
Oooh, Thanks Carol. I won't cut it then, I want to see the flowers ... can't wait for it to bloom.
I will mark this one as possible australis. The lady I got this one from last year didn't know the name of it. I have another noid that looks very similar to this one and am waiting on blooms from it too.
Great illustration Carol. That's really interesting!
Lin, after looking at the picture of your NOID, I completely agree with Carol..australis was the first hoya that popped into my head. Gorgeous plant you got there!
Gabi
Love, love, LOVE the Anole picture! I want one to hang out on my hoyas!
Kelly
That anole picture reminds me---when we lived for a year in New Orleans there were anoles everywhere and my mother (a rather eccentric animal lover) would smear a spoonful or two of grape jelly on the window screens and the anoles would hang there and lap it up....nice to know where the taste for jelly eating originated :)
Shelley
Shelly, that is so cute. I can just picture a little anole eating grape jelly! I just rescued one of the little critters from one of my cats! She brought it inside and dropped it and sat staring ... waiting for it to move again so she could pounce. I am always having to catch one they bring in and put it back outside. I might have to put some grape jelly on the outside of the screen to watch them eat it. I don't want to make it easier for the kitties to catch one of the little guys.