Hoya Kerrii my first blooms
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Comments (13)Marji I found similar pots in "Re-store" - I don't know if you have them in US, but there is some good deals there. They sell donated stuff, (usually from house renovations and also store close-ups & similar) anything from windows, kit. cupboards, light fixtures, appliances and on, and on, and on. They were very inexpensive, smaller cost me $1.00/ea and larger square $2.00/ea.(I bought all they had-even if I don't hve a pond!) These are sold in garden centres for potting pond plants, probably cost at least $6 and up. But the 'holes' are smaller than pirate girl's pot. I think it still would work. (BTW, someone used these kind of pond baskets to screen turface-can't remember who it was). Try similar type stores for better prices. Maybe even dollar stores have something like that some times. Rina...See MoreHoya Kerrii Bloom
Comments (2)I am GREEN with envy Birdlady...I can keep the plants alive now.. but nary a bloom!...See MoreMy First EVER Hoya Bloom!
Comments (10)Thanks, ya'll! I always thought the carnosas would be the first to bloom. I never expected one of the others to, especially under cheapie lights (heck, I was just trying to keep them alive until they could go back to the porch this spring!). All in all, I've been really impressed with these plant lights. I decided to TRY them and see if they would keep stuff alive before I ordered more expensive plant lights everyone is always talking about, and they've done more than that. Tons of orchids are in bud, my Crown of Thorns are both blooming, all the cactus are growing, and, best of all, my Desert Rose didn't defoliate AT ALL!!! Anyway, looking forward to more blooms in the coming months/years. I guess I'm well and truly hooked. :)...See Morevariegated hoya kerrii leaves looking . . . ugly
Comments (28)The ugly markings that I get on mine, remind me that I seriously sunburned nearly all my plants when I brought them over here... I am mixed about what I think of this. Some of you will remember that I put two rooted plain green cuttings into a self-water pot, BEFORE I read that most of you keep this one significantly dryer. It is receiving less sun than before, but is out in the elements all the time, with wind and wild critters. I am pretty excited as one of my sleeping peduncles (which all this time I thought were air roots!) is developing and I should have a bloom in three or four weeks, if the creek don't rise, and I hold my mouth just so! I tend to do a lot of misting under the tree. I have epies, and mostly hoyas out there. The Epi society recommends daily misting to deal with heat, so I crank up the wand, and spray everything in sight! Two days after I made sure to get the Kerrie, two leaves up and showed black markings, like following veins. I backed off a bit spraying, the marks are still there, but not spreading. I am wondering if the 'orginal' environment does not have something like mountain elevation with lots of sun, and humitidy that could be tough to replicate. In the gallery there are awesome shots of blooming Kerriis... makes me really grumpy that this one is soooo tough to figure out. My v. Kerrii cutting spent the winter nearly dry to the bone, teeny cutting, potted up, behind someone else. Emptying the plant room in Spring, and Surprise! Poor thing. Still alive, still two leaves. No sign of three showing up any time soon. All I can offer is that it is a plant that can get seriously ugly!...See Morepirate_girl
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