What would YOU do with this Hoya?
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What hoya would you get??
Comments (26)If you want your friends to go ooh and aah at the flowers, then get H. onychoides. An easy plant to grow and bloom and spectacular, large reddish-purple flowers. The leaves are really beautiful on this plant and it's not too expensive either. I have found H. pubicalyx 'Silver Pink' (Pink Silver?) to be very free flowering. My plant blooms and then a new set of buds forms right after the last set has dropped. I had this plant blooming all summer and the fragrance at night is unbelievable. H. motoskei is really the "true" H. carnosa and H. fungii is almost identical to motoskei and carnosa, flower wise. If you have any of the carnosas at all, skip these altogether. Both Red Buttons and RHP are very nice, but the older foliage is very similar to the regular carnosa. New foliage is very nice and the flowers are a pretty dark red. I can't comment on diptera since I have not grown that plant, but I think the flowers are yellowish in color. You might also want to check out some of the plants with spectacular foliage like H. callistophylla or Hoya finlaysonii. Beautiful out of bloom and pretty flowers too. My .02 Mike...See MoreWhat non-hoya do you like or proud of?
Comments (25)Wow, how can you even choose faves? I never can. I guess my fave groups of plants are palms, orchids and aroids. I like hoyas, but they aren't my faves by a long shot. These are some of my faves that I grow: Rare entire leaf (undivided leaves) palm, Salacca magnifica. It is found naturally only in Borneo, where it grows at the base of cliffs in very moist locales in the rainforest. My largest leaf at present is about 10 feet; mature, they will be 20 feet, going straight up from the base at ground level. Very architectural, stunning in habitat. This is a little variegated Lady Palm (Rhapis) that I particularly like I love aroids with large leaves that have a little "something extra" like variegation or cool colorations, like this Alocasia "Purple Prince" I have growing out in the yard I love variegated monstera. I have managed to collect 4 plants and planted them in various sopts to climb up the walls This is one of my favorite trees, Erythina indica variegated, also called the "Sunshine Tree". It just glows and makes the entire area light up I love small understory palms that put out new leaves that are highly colored, like this Calyptrocalyx polyphyllus I guess of all theorchids, Bulbophyllums and Cirrhopetalums are my fave group, because they have such bizarre blooms...See MoreWhat plants do you grow besides hoyas?
Comments (20)Alas, I must confess, I'm a beyond-redemption plantaholic. There's no one group or family of plants I exclusively focus on. What I mostly have are Aroids and Palms, over 60 species of each. Other groups I have are Cycads about 11 species. Dracaena, about 6 species with a number of different varieties of the same species. Orchids, about 15 species, terrestrial and epiphytic. Pandanus, about 5 plus some varieties. Carnivorous plants, about 10. Cyclanthaceae, 3. Frangipani, probably 2 species but a number of different colours. Hibiscus, about 5 although some of those are probably varieties of the same species. Ginger Family, about 10. I have lots of trees, including about 6 species of Ficus and several different fruit species. And plenty of other odds and ends, including Mussaenda, Mandevilla, Bromeliads, Bamboos, Ferns, Crotons, Heliconias, a few Waterlilies (Nymphaea and nymphoides), Lotus (Nelumbo), Hanguana, Thalia, etc., etc. And I'm still always on the look out for more interesting plants. I've long given up on any hope of rehabilitation and just run with my addiction....See MorePretty Hoya - do you know what it is?
Comments (3)Discription from Ted Green's web site: H. paulshirleyi, T. Greenand Kloppenburg D - Flowers much like tomataensis but smaller, 20 - 30 in umbel; leaves ornately veined, on a robust vine. Clear sap. Central Sulawesi We named this after our old Sulawesi collecting buddy!. Photo belongs to Ted Green....See MoreJan Sword-Rossman Realty 239-470-6061
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