I would like to get comments on any of the following Hoyas that
I expect to be rooting soon or have newly rooted cuttings of.
Comments including photos of growing aspect (hanging, trellis, hoop, etc),
plant vigor, blooming vigor, would all be good to see.
Photos would be especially welcome. We have tidbits on threads of one
or another hoya is not a strong bloomer, or "blooms its head off" , etc.
It would be great to have a thread with comments on specific plants for us
all. A kind of mini reference.
Hoyas: aff. nervosa, cagayanensis, dickasonia, engleriana, lanceolata, meredithii,
siariae, wayetti, villosa, 0831, Tanna island, 'Jungle Garden', and others that you may
have a good example of or good tips on the nature of the plant and culture of it.
Almost nothing is so dismaying as to start a plant out hanging and have it climbing
up the hangers. Also, nice to not invest hopes in plants that are proven to disappoint
unless you have others and don't care.
Thanks in advance to all who post here and I hope it will prove fruitful for us all!
edit: It doesn't have to be on the list - if you have one you have noticed things about
and can offer culture notes - positive or negative.
This message was edited Apr 15, 2009 3:52 PM
Open for Comment!
I hope this pic isn't too dark. It is my 'Lizard Isle' and it really grows. I've had it a year tomorrow.
Here is my wayetti, definitely a hanger...fast growing, lovely little plant...it has peduncles and is only a year old.
This message was edited Apr 15, 2009 2:51 PM
The only one I have on your list is wayetti and I too find it to be very fast growing. Mine begins blooming at this time of year and blooms it's heart out until around November! It's full of buds right now ...
I have lanceolata bella, engleriana and dickinsonia. The photo shows engleriana on the right and bella on the left. These three are definitely cool-loving species and do very well for me (although I've never seen dickinsonia bloom). All three are hangers. I love them but many people say they can't grow them because it's just too warm in their area.
I also have villosa (here seen at Kew erroneously tagged as "longipedunculata"). This is a gorgeous plant with furry leaves and I think white flowers. The leaves are quite large and I think it'll grow into a big plant in time. I think it likes much warmer weather than the engleriana, bella and dickinsonia and struggled a bit through my winter, but I think it's going to come back now it's spring. Definitely a climber.
While I find that some hoyas definitely have a preference...lobbii, odorata, cv. Iris Marie for instance are not vining but they are more shrubbing...multiflora too. And while they send out 'branches' the branches tend to wind around objects but definitely don't grow epiphytically like H. lacunosa. H. lacunosa seems happy hanging but it also grows along branches and UP trunks...Up and Out.... Weyettii hangs, but in my trees it climbs as does most everything else I have like brevialata, many dischidias etc.
As I mentioned on the STEMMA Journal Forum, it is really hard to put different hoya species into determined categories....
Carol,
You had written about the pottsii from Viet Nam that blooms so much; did
you find its number?
Also about how good it was to have Ban Ngong Ngoy; does it bloom as
well as the pottsii?
Alison...I can't find my DL catalogue...but the number is there with H. pottsii from Vietnam...if you have one.
Ban Ngong Ngoy is a different hoya in looks and growth...I would say they both bloom pretty much the same in my conditions.
Carol
Here is a picture of my aff Nervosa (IML 1818) that I got from David Liddle.
Blessings,
Awanda
This message was edited Apr 18, 2009 9:32 AM
Thanks Awanda!
The one I have is IML 1685 aff. nervosa.
Wonder how many aff. nervosa's there are?