Variegated Hoya Kerrii pink spots: HELP!
Hello, I am looking for help for my H.Kerrii because since last week it shows reddish pink spots on leaves around the green tissue.
Does someone knows what this mean or saw another case like this??
I keep her always moist, lots of filtered light, about 15Celsius indoors(this is winter here), feed with micronutrients in low mineral water pH5-6(because I suspected it could be lack of nutrients) but it keeps getting worse. I do not want to loose her...
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pirate_girl
10 years ago
Denise
10 years agoRelated Discussions
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10 years agoDenise
10 years agopirate_girl
10 years agoHey Denise,
I tried to post this several hrs. ago, but think GW was having trouble. So I'll try again ...
Speaking of pink leaves on H. variegates, look what I found yesterday, on just a Krimson Queen, but still one we all know & many love, so pretty.
Snowed here yesterday, several inches, so a splash of
color is extra nice.I no longer have my green & white Kerri (which was hydro); you & I had discussed some of these are unstable & make strange growth, mine pooped out maybe a year ago last Summer.
Thanks for asking abt my losses w/ Hurricane Sandy, it was (IIRC) sadly, lost 7 of the 11 Hoyas w/ which David had gifted me. Am happy to say the Macrophyllas made it. A couple of the other large leafed ones too. Sadly the loss included a couple of cuttings I'd successfully re-hydrated. Oh well!
Glad to say I still have my all green Kerrii which also grows Hydro in Leca stones & bloomed 2.5 yrs. after cutting.
Happy to report Denise that both Sans cylindrica leaves you'd shared w/ me have taken off. Hope you saw I posted some of that, likely as Sans. forum (thanks again).
Hey HoyaLove. Hope you don't mind us using your thread to chat & catch up, we're old C&S & Hoya buddies.
Anyway, glad Denise knew that your plant is fine, enjoy.
Denise
10 years agopirate_girl
10 years agoWhat was that about the pink leaves ;>) I hadn't realized I had this one either. It's new (as you can see); common but forever lovely.
never gets old (to me anyway)
Denise
10 years agoThere aren't a lot of species that will color-up for me this far north, which is probably why they fascinate me so much. Here's a few of mine from over the years...
Not just a really red leaf, but kind of a weird one form 'KQ'...
H. obscura...
H. pubicalyx 'Royal Hawaiin Purple' doesn't do this often enough for me...
Another variegated that will sometimes get some pink edges is H. verticillata variegata (which I often see called parasitica...), but I don't seem to have a photo of that one. So, HL, I would relax and enjoy the pink tones - they're highly desirable and will soon fade to just cream color as the leaves age.
Denise in Omaha
HoyaLove
10 years agoMy beloved Variegated Hoya Kerrii when she arrived was like this on left, very good looking!
Denise
10 years agoSagar Banerjee
2 years ago
Pepeuve Garcia
2 years agoI gave it to the girlfriend of my son Curro (Ana) when he only had one page. I always advise "direct sunrise sun" or filtered sun
Pepeuve Garcia
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoVariegated: They are two colors. Green and white / cream.
Incipient leaves: Pink in color, when they finish the growth process they are white / cream in color. And brown / red / chocolate color when they finish the growing process they are Green.
HoyaLoveOriginal Author