Dominic - pardon my silence...was on the hot dry side of the island with DS and GD - 3 days of white sand and a 3 year old!
You are totally correct. Eriostemma hoyas are actually terrestial; they grow along the forest floor until they find something to climb and climb they do....upupup until they reach a height in the tree they like and then they hang down and head for the ground again to continue their journey. Along the way they will root into the tree and along the ground... Those growing in full sun all day long can get yellow but most of them stay green and some stay greener than others. Sun all day long smack on her doesn't phase, say, H. cv. Ruthie nor H. sussuela. They can take the heat and the rain...no problem!!
We saw hoyas scrambling around trees (mostly H. diversifolia) that looked really awful because it was dry season...and then they flesh out and recuperate when the rains start. The insects get at them...birds nest in them...sometimes they aren't what you would EVER think of bringing home!!! Yes....we spoil them! LOL
Blooming August
How about wind tolerance outside Carol? Ive only a few outside at the moment unprotected..the rest are under shade cloth....the ones outside so far dont seem to have much problem with the wind..and we get a lot of wind here, but id hate to plant more out and find them stripped bare in a couple of days
Dominic
H. kentiana
Dominic.... We get some winds here too....and I saw hoyas growing on trees right on the beach in the Philippines where cyclones/storms hit and they were fine. They grip really well!!! Ever try to just tear off a leaf????? very difficult. I would feel very safe with the Eriostemmas and the H. diversifolia family! Start with those and some of the smaller leafed ones...like lacunosa (in the shade)....
HTH
Okey doke, Carol..thankyou
Dominic...I forgot to say how great it is to see you here....glad you found us!!!!
Carol
Thank you Carol........its nice to be here. ;))
Hoya cumingiana. It's perfume is potent and absolutely wonderful!!
Dominic, you might also try H. imperialis, which often grows in Mangroves at the ocean. It probably gets exposed to some harsh conditions there, including salt-spray. Must be tough!
AMEN....H. imperialis is a really tough cookie.
Corgeous cumingiana Barb....I love the scent. Here they call it the Coconut Hoya.
Hoya lanceolata ssp. bella 'Lois Bois'. This is the variegated clone with yellow leaves, pink midveins, and green margins.
This is the foliage of 'Lois Bois'.
I'm loving everyone's photo's!
The macro shots are so cool. One of these days I might figure out my camera and how to use the macro feature!
Barb, that is a beautiful H. cummingiana! If the fragrance smells like coconut I can't wait for mine to bloom!
Mark, I'm a sucker for variegated foliage on any plant, and that 'Lois Bois' is fabulous!
Thanks Carol, Lin. Mark, that is a new one for me. The foliage looks almost surreal. Gorgeous!
Barb
Happy Birthday bjf826/Barb! Hope you have a glorious day!
:-) Thanks, Lin! Beautiful KP you have there.
Barb
Thanks Barb ... I love the bloom on KP, just wish it were fragrant! I had a very old and large KP plant that I divided years ago and potted into three wrought iron coco fiber lined hanging baskets. Well ... those coco fiber liners don't hold up long enough for me, I got tired of untangling vines every couple of years to replace the fiber liners. Last month I re-potted one into a regular container with a trellis and I'm getting ready to do the other two the same way. I will save the coco fiber baskets for annuals and perennials!
Im not sure wether you can get them in the states, but I can find here what looks like palm fibre basket lining but it has a kind plasticky coating on close inspection..I steered away from it at first, but in reality it lasts a lot longer, and once you get used to the feel, it dosent look any different..and I didnt find an alternative..so had no choice. They use it to cover moss poles too, tho that defeats he a little as it isnt absorbent.
Hi All,
The best hanging basket liners I have ever had are the one I cut from those big rice and sugar bags which are woven from what looks like flat plastic strips about 2mm across. Don't use the coloured checked bags from the $2 stores though as they are not UV stable and will rot quickly in daylight. The material of the bags I am talking about is a plain white or pale grey and the material is of a duller and heavier texture than those. I have a couple of these liners that are now more than 10 years old and still going strong - just cut a circle of appropriate size and fold it into the basket then put in your soil and plant it. The water will seep out uniformly through the weave and no soil will be lost.
Ciao, KK.
I haven't been around but wanted to show you that the heavy rains knocked all but one big bloom off of Hoya Imperialis but she has been blooming for more than a week or so
Oh my, I don't get here often but what a wonderful thread. My 3 hoyas are blooming but I don't have a photo at this moment. Love your photos!
Here is carnosa with pinkish flowas.....really nice flowas.
Blessings,
Awanda
This message was edited Aug 28, 2008 10:58 AM
Awanda....how can H. carnosa be a NOID?
Because I hadn't had my morning Starbucks:-)
Blessings,
Awanda
Yay! I can finally contribute to the Hoya blooms thread! LOL I've had this H. obovata since last fall. It has tripled in size and has about 9 peduncles. ^_^ The flowers are covered in ants, though. Is that harmful or not a concern?
Amy, you are such a great grower, that beautiful bloom of yours doesn't surprise me at all! You sure can grow so many different kinds of plants!
I have an obovata (at least I think it's obovata) that I got in my very first houseplant trade with Nan here on DG. Mine hasn't done much ... very slow grower for me, probably would help if I'd feed it once in awhile!
Aww, Lin! You're too sweet! It's all dumb luck for me! LOL This obovata grew like a madman all through the winter. I thought they were supposed to slow down in cooler weather, but apparently this one doesn't know that. The vines are sooo long! Here's a picture of the whole plant.
I used the beer fertilizer through the winter and then put some slow release fertilizer pellets (Osmocote, I think) in the pot back in the spring because I'm not very good about fertilizing outside plants. It hangs on the north side of my carport. I didn't think that would be enough sun for it, but it does get momentary splashes of sun throughout the day.
Nice Amy! You don't leave it out all year do you?
I bought all the ingredients for the beer fertilizer last spring, well ... except the beer! We don't drink and I keep forgetting to buy a beer or ask a friend for one, LOL. I keep saying I am going to get better about feeding all of my plants ... I'm a bit better than I used to be but still could improve and do it regularly. Poor plants will probably go into shock if I ever do get on a regular feeding routine!
Oh heavens, no! It would freeze before Thanksgiving! I grew it on my light stand all through last winter, at the very edge of the stand under only two tubes, then moved it outside this spring. I'm awful about fertilizing, but especially with outside plants. That's why I put the Osmocote in it, even though I know that's not really the best for it. I had very good luck with the beer fert, though, and wish I was disciplined enough to keep it fed with that during the summer.
Here's a picture of it the day I got it, Sept. 13, 2007
Amy, it sure has grown a lot since you got it so whatever you've been doing is all good!
That is one awesome hoya! Amy and I traded and she sent me a big piece of the obovata.
She is still sitting on the kitchen sink waiting for me to cut her up and root a lot of pieces.......very excited!
Hoya limoniaca, smells so perfumy.
I am not sure which pubicalyx this one is, smells like pink silver. Notice the flowers are purple pink except the edges.
Close up.
that pubicalyx is lovely...the 'halo' is from the hairs on the corolla!!!! Funny, eh?
Carol
H linearis....very sweet lemony scent
VERY nice pic of your H linearis, and the scent you described sounds lovely !
Paula
I hope someone will start a new Hoya Blooms thread for September! I don't have anything new blooming right now but I sure enjoy checking in each day to see everyone's beauties!
Basically I have the average hoyas but they make me so happy..........here are a few pics from this morning.........
sometimes I can remember the names and sometimes not. This is a NOT day for me.
