Thanks Lin!
I have a Sony cyber-shot 8.1 megapixels with a Carl Zeiss 10X optical zoom lens. Love the camera, and it really wasn't that expensive. I use macro and then I play around with it on the computer (sharpening it and whatnot).
Here is a pic that I just took of a leaf with the bloom next to it...
Lin, I saw Gabi's picture of her jade plant last Oct or Nov. and loved the picture. I went out and bought the Sony camera. I'm still learning how to get good macro shots and I must say, it's a great little camera. Here's my motoskei. I thought all along that it was fungii but it turned out to be moteski. I love the flowers. The peduncle is a bit larger than the carnosa KP, and KQ.
H. motoskei is lovely but alas, that is not the one I have. Those leaves are rounder than the plant I have that was thought to be motoskei. Maybe mine is a carnosa, if carnosa has dark green leaves and speckling.
Here's my obscura again. It was fun taking shots of this one cause I got a new
macro lens for my camera. I'm still getting used to it, but it's not too shabby !
Paula
And here's a frontal view...
And here's a close-up of my H multiflora/javanica/whatever it really is.....
You bunch of showoffs! Fabulous pictures! Keep 'em coming!
Makes me want to go back home and play with plants and my camera!
Kelly
H. pubicalyx Royal Hawaiin Purple growing up/hanging down from a tree...full of blossoms and it does this all summer!
That is just so cool! Those blooms are so pretty ... and wow, there are so many of them! I need to check mine that I got in the spring co-op and see if it's growing, I haven't looked at it in a couple of weeks! Someday I will have blooms.
Paula, the front view photo of obscura is really nice.
Thanks ! I'm having fun with my new lens. Can't wait for more blooms to try it on !!
Paula
Here is my Red Button in bloom again.
Pink silver.
Very nice Sunshine! I have one I received from a friend that she said was pink silver but it has not bloomed yet and the foliage looks different .... not as many splashes as your beautiful plant! I really love that foliage!
This is one I found blooming today, don't have a clue which it is .. maybe carnosa. There are two growing together in this pot, one being krimson princess but the foliage that goes with these blooms is plain green.
and a close up. No fragrance to the blooms that I can detect but I love the flowers anyway.
Lin,
Nice blooms. Looks to me like it's KP but the leaves have grown in "un" variegated. Happened to me too - half my KP is variegated, and the other half is that plain green. It will take over if you let it. Some people cut out the all green growth so that the rest of the plant stays variegated. It's a personal preference. I just leave mine alone, and I'm sure it will eventually become all green.
Gabi
All your blooms are really pretty.
Congratulations!
Aha, Gabi ... I bet you're right! I thought it was two different plants in one container even though I didn't remember ever planting two different ones together! LOL. I have lots and lots of KP from my very old plant from the 1970's. I have so many containers of that one, probably have a couple more that have reverted (is that the correct word) to solid green. I can't bear cutting off live green leaves ... so I will just let them be, they seem happy! Thanks for replying!
Jan, your Red Button and Pink Silver flowers look to be the same. Ar you sure that one is not RHP? My Pink Silver has more rose colored flowers. Which ever it is, they are beautiful.
Lin, yours is pretty too. I wish my carnosa would bloom again. Right now all I have in flowers is the multiflora/javanica. It's blooming again.
Paula and Carol, your blooms are awesome too.
Hoya Deykeae finally bloomed! I've had this hoyas for years and was beginning to think it would never bloom, and it's my fav-o-rite color....yellow.
Blessings,
Awanda
ETA I have already been told that the spelling of Deykea was wrong:-). I can't change the subject line.
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Hoya EG 00897
Ric thanks for posting a picture of your EG00897, I just took a picture of mine and its large leave which I just love. Another yellow bloomer!!
Blessings,
Awanda
You are welcome Awanda, its an attractive foliage plant with its large shinny leaves. Nice plant you have there.
ric
Where did the EG plant come from? Love the leaves!!!!!
my h. Pubicalyx 'Red Buttons"
2nd pic of Red Buttons, it has attached itself to the tree
Gorgeous flowers everyone!
Ima, the flowers are not the same. I am not sure if mine(came to me as red button) is "Red Button" looking at pdoyle's "Red Button" .
Here is side by side picture for comparison.
Left-Red Button
Right-Pink Silver
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This one came to me as RHP but the flowers look like pink silver. New leaves are red and beautiful!!!
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Sunshinesw: I THINK (and I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong) that RHP can have two different colored flowers on the same plant....that it can have umbels of both the pink and deep purple flowers open at the same time, and that it can even have both pink and purple flowers in the same umbel...as long as the new growth is dark purply brown I believe you do have RHP because it's my understanding Pink Silver doesn't have the dark new growth....I believe I read that "Chimera" is another term for RHP because that dark purply flower color is basically unstable and comes out randomly....However, I did think "Red Buttons" was a more stable form and the flowers were always a dark purple...so I'm wondering about the deep pink Red Buttons...maybe not that plant at all? Hopefully someone who knows more will chime in and help clear this up :)
Shelley
Carol,
I got my EG from Sweeden.
I got mine from a DL order 2 springs ago. here is a pic of the whole thing. I dont know if it light b/c of the growing conditions or what. I have out under some trees where it gets dappeled sun all day long and I water it when very dry.
Better pic maybe? Could I possibly have something else?
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I have another one that i rec'd in a trade that is marked Red Buttons also and it does have more dark coloring in the leaves and it does have an umble on it. I am looking forward to seeing it bloom to compare the flowers.
I got my EG from Sweden too!
Blessings,
Awanda
This is such a fabulous thread! Thank you all for posting the wonderful pictures! H. obovata is teasing me with a peduncle full of plump buds, but I don't think they'll ever open! LOL Had to get my Hoya bloom fix from somewhere! I kicked all of them outside this year and 4 of them have put out their first peduncles. The waiting is torture...
Could anyone point me to where I could get a H. erythrina? Yours is just gorgeous, MyHoyas! I am such a sucker for fuzzy flowers!
Here's hoping I can add some Hoya bloom pictures soon! ^_^
I found brevialata (?) blooming today. Not really sure if it is brevialata ... it's one of the EA plants I got a year ago.
Lin, what is the hoya with the red flowers on the right of picture? I sure has lots of peduncles.
It looks like DS-70 to me imadigger. Mine is blooming right now too and it leaves from what I can see look like it also.
dawn
Lin, you certainly seem to know how to handle those Exotic Angel plants. How do you do it? Do you find the soil to be difficult to work with?
I was surprised to see a huge pile of boxes marked "Herman Engellman" (sp?) outside a local wholesale nursery this week (this is the parent company of Exotic Angel). I asked the owner about it, and he told me that EA is moving into West Coast distribution, and has been picked up by Target and is aiming for Home Depot and Lowe's. I did see a couple of EA plants at Target yesterday, but no Hoya.
Yes, that is ds-70 to the right of the one I think is brevialata. The ds-70 is the best bloomer for me along with lacunosa. Most of my Hoyas are EA plants and I have some I received in trades and a few I got in the Spring DL order.
Mark: I immediately re-pot every single plant I bring home. EA plants seem to always be in a heavy soil so the first thing I do is remove the plant, hose off all soil from the roots and repot with my mixture, usually in the same container, unless the pot seems too large for the root mass.
Hermann Englemann Greenhouse is located here in Central Florida near Orlando: http://www.exoticangel.com/AboutUs/ I find a lot of the Exotic Angel house plants in Home Depot, Lowes, Target and Wal-Mart garden centers. Last year I was finding some hoyas but this year I have not found even one. I've been saying they must be shipping them to other areas of the country. They also sell a few house plants on-line now ... one I've wanted is the H. linearis but it sold out quickly!
I don't do anything in particular as to care. I have quite a few plants of all kinds and for the most part they all get repotted as soon as I get them and then get ignored. I am so bad about not feeding regularly so it amazes me that anything blooms. I do have to water quite often since I use a chunky potting mix that drains real fast! Years ago I was always killing plants from over watering, now I have so many they have to thrive on neglect. Well, not total neglect but once they are in a location they seem to like I just leave them alone and let them do their thing. I try to look closely at them once in awhile to make sure I get a head start on any possible pests. Like yesterday when I found mealies on the brevialata. I moved it away from the other plants so I could get my Q-tips and rubbing alcohol to eradicate the little critters, luckily I didn't find many. I need to check the compacta closely too. I've heard that one with it's tight, twisty foliage is a haven for mealies.
We have had a lot of rain the past couple of weeks and the humidity is really awful. A Hurricane is supposedly heading our way so we will be getting even more! I sure hope by the time the storm makes it to Florida that we don't have any real high winds. I really don't even want to think about all the plants I will have to move inside and outdoor furniture and things that will have to be secured! The current predictions are for Hurricane Fay to move up the west coast from the south. It's predicted to be a Cat 1 or possibly 2 when it makes landfall so my thoughts certainly are with those folks in the direct path of the storm. Maybe it will fizzle out before it gets near Florida!
