Hoya loheri mount
I thought I would add an update on my Hoya loheri mount. A while back I decided that the mount was too hard to keep moist so I added a sphagnum moss pad to the back of the mount and held it in place with some left over capillary matting and staples. The mount is cork bark with a hole cut through using a whole saw bit, the Hoya was originally planted in the hole with some sphagnum moss.
Here is the mount soon after adding the Hoya.
Here is the mount after some more growth. The new vines are kinda cramped due to a Brassavola orchid that hangs close to this Hoya but hopefully they will continue to grow and produce some peduncles soon.
Is anyone else growing any mounted Hoyas that they would like to share? I have a few more in my grow case but they are still small.
Here is the case which is mainly filled with orchids.
Mike
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PROJan Sword-Rossman Realty 239-470-6061
13 years agoLooks good Mike.
I have a watermelon dischidia mounted, it's hanging on a tree but some started to grow on the tree.
cpawl
13 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (5)Patrick Hoya callistophylla is grouped with a hugely diverse list of species so it would be hard to generalize about their care. Hoya pottsii, verticillata, macrophylla and finlaysonii are all part of the group along with more than 30 others. I think it would be safe to consider Hoya callistophylla and the many unidentified species that closely resemble it as being moisture lovers. I grow my Hoya callistophylla moist and have noticed if it dries out at all during the formation of a new leaf the leafs development is impaired. There are a few deformed leaves on my plant because of lack of water during growth. I tend to grow my Hoya finlatsonii drier although the variety I grow that was by collected by Chanin Thout in Thailand seems to enjoy more moisture. Mike...See MoreHoya curtisii, mounted
Comments (5)Mine have done well where they are in contact with the bark/moss but the trailing stems that develop tend to eventually die back even though I water at least once a day. Each time I would go away I would return to find a dried stem or two. I am thinking of mounting a Phalaenopsis celebensis along with the Hoya curtsii because they have similar leaf markings and that way the Hoya can do what it wants and if it does not do terribly well the orchid will be there to fill in the mount and look beautiful. My mounted Hoya loheri is doing well but I had to add more moss to the back of the mount to try to keep it wet longer because the plant seems to want more moisture now that it has grown larger. I grow mounted orchids but they are usually able to withstand more drying and the ones that can't are growing in my orchid case along with my Hoya imbricatas and Dischidia imbricata. I don't think I will try any other mounted Hoyas because they are too sensitive to drying because of their fine roots and I already have too many plants that need daily watering. Mike...See MoreHoya as companion plants
Comments (2)Many of the smaller Hoya species like to stay moist but there are several that do well with a short dry spell. I grow Hoya loheri mounted on cork and it often dries out completely but still grows well and has an interesting appearance. I have another plant, Hoya sp. 8863 that was collected on Sulawesi and is said to do well with constant wet dry cycles and a dry period in nature. Hoya kanyakumariana might be another one to try because it likes bright light and to dry between watering. I would also consider Hoya micrantha although my plant does seem to abort some leaves if left dry too long. Really any small Hoya that has thick rigid leaves vs soft succulent ones will handle the dry periods between watering the best. If conditions are too dry you will likely end up with a Hoya that has vines with many aborted leaves. Mike...See MoreHoyas in the wild
Comments (16)Dear Friends, Apparently Gardenweb username "vleeor" is the soul who sent me Hoya cuttings and the 'hoyas in the wild' text of which we speak. I use Google mail, so I still have all the emails. At the time of our very first communication I did not know who she was, and I wondered how she knew I wanted Hoyas. She did not say she found me on Gardenweb. Because she lives near me I thought she may have heard of my interest from a mutual friend. I definitely did not tell any kind of "story" here. From the text of my Reply you can see exactly what I was thinking: ****************************** Posted by plant.babies Zone 7-8 (gw:plant.babies) on Sun, Sep 3, 06 at 22:41 actually, I got it in an email from the generous soul who sent me many of the Hoyas I now own. I wanted to be able to access the list when in gardenweb, so I thought the best way would be to post it. Apparently it is wording from a Talk given by David Liddle at some point in the past. I don't know if it is on a website or not. *********************** The "hoyas in the wild" text was in the body of a long email which I pasted as "Unformatted Text" into MSWORD so that I could study and keep it. All formatting was, thereby, lost, so it was not clear that the "hoyas in the wild" text came from a website. Since I had never been to A_Hoyas website before today, there is no way I could "steal" the text from there. I only posted it to the forum so that I might readily access the information without having to open MSWORD constantly while online, which *I will say again*, I clearly stated. I work in online Publishing, so I am very cognizant of Copyright law and form. So ... Mes faux pas dans la vie if I posted text that 'belongs' to someone else, not understanding from whence it came. I should have asked, but really I thought the lady had been to a talk by David Liddle. This lack of understanding does not make me a bad person, or a person who has performed (or ever would) a deliberate act of dishonesty. It was an honest (albeit newbie) mistake. There is no way to retract it. However... My sincerest apologies and my sincere thanks to Ms. Carole, vleeor, David Liddle, and every other person who works so hard to bring Hoyas to others. warmest regards, pb...See More
Denise
13 years agomdahms1979
13 years agoquinnfyre
13 years agoI grow curtisii on a mount. I think I've posted pics of it before.
And the terrarium where it lives:
Your loheri looks really happy! It's a pretty little plant. I've never done a mount by drilling a hole in it before. I just put a pad of sphag on cork, and anchor it down with fishing line. When the roots attach to the mount, the fishing line can go.
mdahms1979
13 years agotigerdawn
13 years agomdahms1979
13 years agobattu_co
13 years agoWhat a nice collection of mounted hoyas!!
I thought i'd share mine.
Here it is.
I am not sure which kind is this though.battu
rennfl
13 years agopirate_girl
13 years agotigerdawn
13 years ago
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