puglvr, your "princess" is absolutly georgous,i may be envious.LOL!!!in pic # 2, what is that red, to the right.? its stunning. molly

Wow! That is a monster of a hoya! And I love that you have so many umbels open/opening at the same time. Amazing.

As for var. macrophylla, not sure if it can take early morning sun, but I would think you can start it in the shade and slowly acclimate it out into the sun - hopefully others who grow it outdoors could help out.

Anyway, I can help with pictures (I think that's what you meant in your last sentence, so here ya go!):
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Leaf close-up:
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It's one of my faves...I highly recommend it. Not only because of the stunning foliage, but it is a growing machine!
(this is how small it was when I got it a year ago, and with your green thumb and climate, I can only imagine how fast your's would grow!!)
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Thanks for sharing your pics :)

Gabi

Your KP is a beauty! My macophylla variegated gets few hours of afternoon sun in screened area.
Jan

Thanks guys...appreciate it!

Molly, thanks, I'm pretty sure that red plant is called
Hawaiian Ti Plant or Cordylinecolor>

Gabi, thank you for posting those pics, I LOVE yours...it is sooo pretty! The leaves are why I want this one, the flowers is just a bonus. Makes me want one even more,after seeing yours, LOL. I'm glad to hear that its a fast grower. I am so impatient, the faster it grows the better. Thanks for the info on the light...

Jan, appreciate you sharing how you grow yours...please post a photo of yours. Thanks.

Anyone else that would like to post pics of their Var.Macrophylla, love to see them. I am going to have to find this one!

puglvrl, that is one gorgeous plant thanks for sharing a picture of yours.

Gabi, I just love the leaves on your macrophylla maybe I'll just give myself a new limit, 50 sound good?

Annette

I hear ya Pug....I don't even care if the macro blooms (ok, well maybe just a little!) - the leaves are the best part of the hoya.

Annette, you can make your limit 50, but don't think you won't break that limit!! That's the thing about hoyas...you just can't set a limit - it's IMPOSSIBLE! You'll start at 50, then go to 60, and so on :)

Gabi

Nancy,
Can't believe how much your princess has grown and all your umbles!

I love my macrophylla, I too grow it for the leaves. I am having a little trouble with mine a the moment though, yellowing leaves at the bottom of the plant. Am I letting it get too dry between waterings?

shanna

Thanks Annette and Shanna...

Shanna, hopefully Gabi or Jan can answer the watering issue, I would like to know too since I will be getting one soon...

Well, couldn't resist, especially after I saw Gabi's gorgeous plant. I ordered a small 4" pot, Its more than I wanted to pay, but I've noticed these are kind of hard to come by...Hope mine will grow as fast as Gabi's.

I did see this beautiful BIG(8"Pot) on Ebay, but its already at $15.00 and it still has over 6 days to go. I can't even imagine how high that will be by the time the auction ends, LOL. As much as I wanted to get it, I know it will be over my price range...Here it is if you want to take a peek...claims to have 14+ bloom spurs!! Lucky winner will have a very nice plant.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ebay: Variegated Macrophylla

Pug, here is my macrophylla. I love the leaves on this one.
Shanna, I let mine dry out pretty good before I water. I hope yours recover.

Jan,
I usually let mine dry out pretty good too, I water about once a week but I have lost 2 leaves at the bottom of the plant b/c they have yellowed. I had two baby leaves coming out of the vine and they have both died, they didn't turn yellow though. Other than that the plant looks good it's just some of the leaves are yellowing falling off, not sure what i'm doing wrong.

shanna

Jan,
Forgot to mention your Macrophylla is really nice and big.

Yours too Gabi. Glad you both posted pictures. I don't really have a good picture of mine, I need to take another one.

shanna

Shanna,
I also let mine dry out. I don't normally use clay pots, but my macro came in one when I bought it, and I just kept it there. So it obviously dries out much faster than if it was in a plastic pot....and I water it once a week. So yes, let it dry out completely, as Jan said.

Pug,
Congrats on your purchase!! Wow, that one on Ebay is gorgeous, and it will definitely go for big bucks since it has so many peduncles.

Gabi

Ok so you think I am overwatering it? I will try to be more observant when I check it. Thanks for your help, You too Jan.

Nancy sorry to have asked so many questions on your post, I should have opened a new one.

shanna

Jan, Thank you for posting your picture...You have a beautiful one also. I love your pot. I'm even more excited about getting mine.

Thanks Jan and Gabi for the watering suggestions...its very helpful...

Shanna, please don't apologize, its very good to ask a lot of question,gosh knows I've asked enough of them,:o) I o wanted to know, too. Ask anything you want, no problems. My post is everyones post, LOL. That is how I learn so much on this forum...I hope your Macro recovers, I'm sure it will do just fine.

Gabi, I will be keeping an eye on that auction, just to see what the final price ends up...

Jan, meant to ask you or others, where do you buy those"bent" bamboo stakes? I've not seen those, but maybe I'm not looking at the right places...I need a couple of those. Thanks!

By the way, checked the auction, up to $31, still has over 4 days.

Pug,

I get mine from Ebay - try looking there. I think Carol from Hawaii sells them too. She also sells the small green wire trellis hoops - LOVE those for smaller hoyas.

Gabi

Update....

The Variegated Macrophylla on ebay that Nancy posted a link to is now at $51 with two days to go!!!

shanna

Gabi, thanks for the ebay suggestion. I ended up buying some "wire" trellis instead, an excellent price .99 cents for a two pack...I ended up buying (2). Should work hopefully...

Shanna, I knew I wouldn't be able to afford that one :o(
oh well, Se La Vie...

Here's an update on my KP Blooms
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I would never have thought of using those decorative orchid pots. I've got 6 or 7 of them. Once again shows why this particular community is So Important!

I am jealous of those of you who can walk into a store and purchase these 'rare' (at least in my neck of the woods) hoyas. I had to send off to another continent for mine and it ended up costing LOTS more than it should have becuase only two plants survived the journey. I think both of them are in this picture... but I'm not sure.

Starting to get good new growth on both, perhaps time to move them out of the two inch pots?

Nancy,
Those blooms are beautiful, lucky you! I couldn't afford that mac either, lol!

Cena,
Nice macrophylla you have there.

shanna

This is the first time I've gotten a bloom from the Variegated vine on my KP...the others are all from the solid green vines. I'm glad to finally see its capable of blooming from the variegated vines too...I'm not sure if its just me, but it seems like the bloom stems are more pink than the other buds from the solid green ones? I'll see if the color is different once it opens...

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