Looking for kerrii hoya cutting
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Variegated Hoya Kerrii Deformed New Growth
Comments (12)The easiest way to post photos from Flickr is to click the Share button. Then copy the html code and paste it into your message where you want the photo to appear. When you preview your post you will be able to see the photo. Hoya kerrii likes a lot of light. The regular green form can take full sun but it will probably look best if given a little shade during the afternoon. I think the problem with your plant is likely too little sun and too much moisture and fertilizer. This is a really tough Hoya and it also is designed to tolerate a fairly long dry season where it grows in nature. Giving the plant too much water in the winter is not a good idea. You should allow the plant to dry out completely while still giving it bright light. During the winter while the plant is being kept quite dry you can also withhold fertilizer as the plant should be encouraged not to grow. Of course if the plant seems to really want to grow then of course allow it but be sure to provide enough light. Growing this one too shady will cause soft growth that is not typical and this growth will be more susceptible to pests. How big a pot is your plant in and how long does the potting media stay moist after you water? It is also possible that you are seeing the effects of a root system that is stressed from remaining moist for too long. Of course after saying that, Hoyas sometimes develop strange leaves. If the rest of the growth develops as normal then I would simply remove the deformed leaf once the new growth is well underway. Mike Here is a link that might be useful: Hoya kerrii during the dry season in Thailand...See MoreHoya kerrii
Comments (20)Denise, I have never tried really to propagate my variegated kerrii (other than sticking leaves that fell off when moving it inside to outside in soil, and then just tossing them out later when they started to look bad), but I think I would like to try. My kerrii has grown a lot this summer on the porch (FINALLY after years of just hanging on) so it can probably spare a few leaves and nodes. Since we know the novelty leaf-in-a-pot method really isn't the best way to do that, what would be the BEST way to propagate kerrii? It is a little bit of a different plant that my other hoyas, whose vines are a little more pliable. My kerrii has vines of STEEL, stiff and resistant to molding in any way but their own....See MoreRooted Hoya kerrii leaves
Comments (6)Thanks for all of your replies. My understanding was in line with what was explained here, that you needed at least a small piece of stem for it to grow into a big plant. I'm curious to learn more about this now. Does anyone know the horticultural explanation for this, or any keywords I can Google? My Google-fu is way off with this search and I keep turning up nothing....See MoreWinter Hoya update & looking for Kerrii advice
Comments (15)Hi Carolynnv, My set up is a small netted cup filled w/ Leca stones (fired porous balls of clay). The roots grow down thru the stones into the water below, as you suggested. I ignore the algae, just add small charcoal chips from time to time. I have multiple postings of it under a former GW name or 2. Let's see if I can call some of those up. http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1962832/ok-boys-and-girls-picture-time?n=9 and more (earlier) http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1958028/sharing-pix-some-hydro-growing-experiments?n=11 and more http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1966889/anybodys-kerris-going-wild?n=4...See MoreRuss1023 (central Fla)
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