I'm going to order this from D. Liddle this spring. I know some of you grow this one so tell me about it, what it likes what it doesn't. Most of what I'm ordering will eventually be grown in hanging baskets and a lot will have either small or narrow leaves. I've grown bella, lacunosa and serpens in the past without any trouble and am growing these again. Linearis and a few others I'm going to order I'm not familiar with sooo will you please start my education. Let's see if I can hit the right key and get this posted this time :o).

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Hey, what's going on. I looked and my post wasn't there so I tried a second time and looked what happened? LOL

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Well, I have one that I got as a trade. I tried to get it to go the "normal" way and it didn't go for me. It was deteriorating, and unhappy, and I thought I was going to lose it.

So, I do what I always do with epiphytes when a problem with rooting develops:

I mounted it. I used a treefern plaque and wrapped it on under a mat of moss and now its growing very well, and starting to branch. That was last April, almost a year ago. Its healthy, established, and I am pleased that I saved it.

I will try and find the photo I took.

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and here is a close up of the branching
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If you did fine when growing serpens and bella (which are tough for some, especially me!), then I think you'll do fine with linearis. I only water my linearis when dry (as opposed to bella and serpens which seem to like staying moist). My serpens had a tough winter, but thank goodness it's getting better. But I gave up on growing bella - it just doesn't like me. Anyway, I had no problem rooting linearis....it rooted very fast. Good luck with it and your other orders from David.

Gabi

My Linearis is growing in a pot on a north facing window; I water it only when dry. I got my Linearis cuttings from a nice lady in New Jersey last year.

Gabro, my Serpens is absolutely beautiful, but NO blooms; she's putting out these long vines, but I can't get her to bloom. Maybe it's too warm where she's at, in a garden window in the kitchen (west side). tammyPie

Thanks for the info guys I find others growing experiences a great help in how I will attempt to grow things.
Tammypie I don't know if this is of any help but when I had serpens the first time it bloomed beautifully. I had it hanging in a north west window, it only got late afternoon sun but the house next door is white stucco so it also got a lot of reflected light. There is a heat duct under this window but serpens was hanging off to one side. I'm hoping to get another cutting of it from D.L. this spring. Finding different Hoyas in my area is next to nil. Home depot up here carries a few, I keep looking through them but we don't seem to get the same selection of different varieties that you guys get south of the border. Which reminds me, I should check out Walmart the next time I'm out that end of the city.

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midnight, my Serpens did bloom once for me, after I got her, then she came down with these little black bugs, like aphids, they're gone now I noticed. But she hasn't bloomeed for me since. TammyPie

From what I read about Linearis, is it comes from the Himalayas (or some other mountain region), which would make sense that mine likes to chill out...

For a short description: My H Linearis dislikes being near heaters, and abhores dry air. But it enjoys sitting hear the window (if you've got cloudy weather, or not too much sun) and appreciates having its roots moist.

Try giving it a place of your choice (which emulates those conditions) for 2 or 3 weeks - and if it's not happy it'll let you know pretty fast. At worst you'll still have time this way to make changes to it's environment.

My hoyas are strange, since they respond positively to conditions different (and sometimes opposite!) to what is agreed to as general knowledge. But they're still alive and growing!

... so when I get mine, once rooted it should do well in my kitchen. Hanging in the window which is big, can open both ends/with bamboo blind to drop when sun too hot. Humidity shouldn't be a problem in my kitchen, thanks.

Annette

riverdance, my Linearis is on a window sill, northeast facing, not near any furnace, and I water her once a week.

I find H. Linearis very "delicate" like its leaves are about to fall off.

BTW, what is the name of that strange hoya that looks like bamboo sticks? I'd like to get one of those. TammyPie

one thing I noticed with my linearis, and I DO NOT overwater, if anything I underwater, is that the stems about a half inch above the soil line developed stem rot after I had the plant for about a year or two. I didn't repot but changed out alot of the soil from the EA mix and it helped a little, but still continued to happen. I clipped off the affected stems, which were fine above the rotten part, and have them growing in hydroculture, where they are doing even better than in soil. I still have the mama plant, but it is about half the size it was.