A little less colourful than 'Red Button', but here's ridiga
Blooming August
And last out is little sigillatis with only a few flowers in this umbel.
Plantlady, your DS 70 looks stunning.
Myhoyas, beautiful flowers!!! I love the lamingtonae, erthryna.
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Everyone's blooms are gorgeous! Christina, it's good to "see" you again. Hope you are settling in after your move. Beautiful pics, as always.
I have one blooming for the first time (for me). It is H. sp IML 1420. The whole umbel is about the size of a quarter. I didn't have a quarter on hand, so I put a nickel in the picture to compare! And it did something no other Hoya bloom has ever done before, too. It opened yesterday afternoon late. I was out all day and when I got home tonight, every flower in the umbel has closed up again! The second umbel opened up, though, so I am going to see if it closes up like the first one did. Has this happened to any of your Hoya blooms? If so, was it on this particular plant or another?
Barb
Edit to correct ID... DUH!!!
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Barb, those finlaysonii types don't last long, do they? But they are pretty.
Christina, you've outdone yourself again. The H. 'Red Buttons' is really a great photograph- that one should go up on your site.
Hi Mark. So this is more or less to be expected then? It looked very much like my H. cv Jennifer in color and form, but was SO much smaller. The flowers stayed open for days on Jennifer, too. H. finlaysonii was crossed with H. incrassata, right? I can't remember for sure.
Barb
Barb, I think they vary a bit, but the species similar to H. finlaysonii have a reputation for short-lived flowers.
I'm not sure about the hybrids, offhand. Carol should know 'bout that.
All of those finlaysonii types seem to have really short flowers for me too. cv. Jennifer's blooms are bit bigger and for me they last maybe 2 days...I just like the leaves!!!!
Here is multiflora I got from DG member, it's been in bloom on & off since last september. I love this little plant.
I can't wait until my Multiflora blooms..
Meanwhile, I just have to show H. cv. sunrise(again)...it refuses to stop!!
I'd like to move it out of its kitchen home and into the living room with me, but I'm afraid it'll blast all those buds coming..or stop blooming altogether.
Sunshinesw, your H multiflora is gorgeous ! I just bought one in bloom and it's really neat.
So different too.
I was doing research on it and was wondering if what you have (and
what I have) is actually H javanica ? I saw a comparison on the MSN forum of the flowers
of both, and ours look like H javanica. Anyone know ??
Paula
Yes...it is H. javanica. Old habits die hard!
You know, we all thought it was javanica when David Liddle first posted his photos, but now his photos on MSN seem to indicate that this species is actually the one called "cyrtoceras floribundum". It really is a Hoya, just doesn't have a proper name. I think the id may still be up in the air.
Paula, thanks. Yours & mine looks same to me too.
Threegarden, your sunrise is beautiful!!!
What a treat to get to read this thread........love these pictures!
Here is a NOID that just bloomed. Trying to find ID.
Hoya samoensis growing outdoors
Amazing Carol !! You've outdone yourself with that one ^_^
Any scent ??
Paula
Oh, that noid bloom is really nice! And the one called samoensis is really an awesome looking plant! I like that foliage and wow, just look at all those blooms!
Yes...the scent is lovely....
And, edited to say that the answer was right in front of me!!! My NOID is H. neo-ebudica, considered by many (Ted Green and Chris Burton) to be synonomous (where is spellcheck when you need it?) with H. samoensis. I talked to Ted about it...and he feels strongly that the color of the pedicels and the peduncle have no bearing on the determination. My NOID's are pink and H. samoensis are 'brown'...but the flowers are identical and seeing as how they are blooming at exactly the same time....well... DUH!!! I found this bloom in a pot of what I thought was H. chlorantha. Ack...there IS H. chlorantha AND this clone of H. samoensis...strange pot fellows but .... there you are!
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Wow, I have been playing catch up on all the beautiful bloomers this year. Everyone has outdone themselves !! Good growing.
I know I am not supposed to be asking, but would someone tell me the name of Carol's online web site? Thanks
Here ya go Miss Gail: http://www.bigislandgrowers.com/ghp/AH.php
thank you, Lin. This is the second time you have had to give it to me (appreciate it though)
This is agony looking at her gorgeous catalog!
I know...I drool over it quite often...just can't figure out how to get them here though...LOL
Ok, I have been playing around with night time picture taking. A friend on the African Violet Forum has me hooked on this taking pictures at night!
I just went out and took this picture of one of my krimson princesses that is blooming.
This is part of the original plant I received from elderly friends back in the mid 1970's. It is now in three different containers. I had it in those wrought iron hanging baskets with the coconut fiber lining and got tired of every couple of years trying to repot because that coco fiber stuff eventually wears out. I took this one and potted it but couldn't find a trellis. I was in our shed one day and spotted these two 8' long aluminum things that are from when we bought this house in 1975. At that time we didn't have the Florida room, covered deck or pool and enclosure. It was just a cement slab patio with these things holding up the roof. My husband never throws anything away. I have complained over the years about him being a pack rat and he always says "But I might find a use for that some day!" LOL ... well, I found a use for these things. I had him saw them in half and now I have four plant trellises!
One last one
I am jealous about your night pics, Lin. They always look so good. If I hadn't killed a small rattlesnake in the driveway this morning I would go outside and take pics of hoya blooms, too. Don't panic..........he was only about 3 feet long and I got the shovel and killed him.
Oh Gail ... I am so scared of snakes! We've had two of the deadly coral snakes in the yard, late spring/early summer, one got away but the other my hubby killed. My backyard neighbor had a very large coral snake in her garage a few weeks ago and another neighbor killed it. The next door neighbors have killed a couple of pygmy rattle snakes the last few years. The people across the street had a 8' Eastern Diamondback Rattle Snake in their backyard a few years ago! Believe me I try to watch very carefully when I am outside. I didn't go out in the yard ... my pictures were taken of plants on the pool deck!
OMG - remind me never to go to Florida. We have no snakes. But a 10" centipede fell on my face in the middle of the night from the beams in the ceiling. Talk about scared!!! He(she?) didn't bite me...I was lucky....
Oh my goodness ... a 10" centipede would scare the living daylights out of me too!
Oh, and Carol ... be careful with potting soil: http://www.hawaiianswers.com/index.php?page=index_v2&id=191&c=28 http://www.explorebiodiversity.com/Hawaii/BiodiversityForgotten/Wildlife/Reptiles/Snakes%20-%20Blind.htm
Doesn't look like a worm I'd want to meet! LOL
A 10" centipede?? Sheesh, might as well be a snake, it's long enough!!
Love everyone's pictures!
Here is H. motoskei in bloom:
A close-up..
Oh Gabi, what a beautiful bloom! How do you get such clear photo's? That is really nice! I think I need to take a photography course. Do you have a photo of the foliage on that one? The very first trade I did here on DG I got a H. motoskei (I think). It has been a slow grower and no blooms yet.
And here is the everblooming multiflora...
Oooh, so soft and fuzzy looking! Love it. What kind of camera do you have? Of course, I ask that knowing full well it has a lot to do with who's behind the camera! Great pic's!
Multiflora is one of my favorites! Mine was blooming last month and I think it might be getting ready to bloom again.