Mikerno, your Hoya are so beautiful! I just started appreciating Hoyas. I love the foliage of my Waietti. I'm researching Hoya with large leaves to add to my plants.

Chipped, if you're interested in Hoyas, check out the Hoya forum.

FYI: the larger leafed ones aren't too common, can be pricey & can be tricky to grow. You may wish start out w/ the cheaper, more readily available ones as you learn Hoya care & culture.

I'll I'll add some more later, but here is the "tree room" as of today. I've been giving away the smaller ficus that I started from cuttings that were starting to turn into little trees.

The Schefflera may have to go at the end of next summer. It's grown a few feet in the 9 months I've had it and I think my ficus tree wants all the window space to himself. Ha.

these dwarf Schefflera cuttings I brought back from Florida are doing something. More so now with artificial light than they did outside all summer.

Maybe you could repurpose the schefflera by turning it into a more compact bushy thing that would fit somewhere else? I could see wanting to focus more on your new variegated dwarf version than the boring old green variety, though.

I agree Dave your Ficus is hogging the window!!! True light lover!!!

A few more pictures.

I'm moving plants inside today & tomorrow. Took some last-outside & just-came-in pics.

A couple peace lilies.

Driving back down to Florida tomorrow. I don't want to bring back any cuttings like I always end up doing (no room) but I can't promise that won't happen. Ha.

I love the blooms on the small-leaved one! The big-leaved one looks amazing as well.

Does the smaller-leaved one bloom more than the bigger-leaved plant?

Not that I know of. I've had the small leafed version for a few years and it's always done well

i picked up the large leaf one in early summer at Walmart for like $10. It was was a little rough looking.

I think it's been focusing more of it energy on putting out new leaves. All of the leaves in the center have come out within the past month. The large leaf version also got a full repot in the 5.1.1 mix when I got it, so that could have set it back a little. But it'll only do better in the future.

Both were outside for summer.

Thank you!

Letsgobird7b, your tree in the first pic is a Ficus Alii.

Tiffinay! I love all your hodgepodge pots put together. That first picture is so pretty! In the sixth picture with your shelves (which I want) what is the large leafed plant on lower right? I love them with the white background of your walls. My plan is to paint my walls white too. So much to look at!

Thank you Dave! I'll google that and read up on it. It must be an easier to grow Ficus because it doesn't drop leaves like previous ficus ive owned

Dave, I have some room--why don't you take some cuttings that you can mail out here? ;-P

Letsgobrid,

i have a small ficus alii I took from cuttings. It seems true that it doesn't drop leaves as easily as ficus benjamina. I believe it also grows about 25% slower, too.

By the way, you're ficus alii looks great!

Litterbuggy,

if i find anything interesting that's easy to root, I gladly would.

Now it's time to get in the car and drive 20-something hours from Vermont to Florida.

Dave you're moving to Florida?

Thanks Dave. It's still alittle sparse looking from almost dying but it's in a good window now and seems to be stable

i think I might could prune it and increase interior growth? I'm not comfortable with pruning but I did prune my big jade plant with help from the C&S board and it really flourished this summer.

jamilalshaw, I think he's just visiting family.

Dave, I was just kidding; I just envy how (relatively) easy it is for some of us to can find our cool tropical houseplants in the ground 'where they live,' as my geology professors used to say (this was in central NY, where the only way to study rocks in their native habitat was to drive out to highway roadcuts and pretend to be fascinated by a 200 foot section of mudstone and shale).

I'm not moving. My girlfriend and I just drive down for vacation twice a year.

Nice display Russ

Re potted an adopted Hoya today as it's roots where pushing out from the bottom

Used the extra hanging wire for a makeshift trellis

Thanks Nomen, I love my aroids, especially philodendrons and aglaonemas! Which hoya is that?

Russ

@ Russ for now the Hoya is a NO ID. Thinking it has a very light to no fragrance.

@ Dave Just to prepare you some scattered areas of New England Western Mass into southern Vt got there first light snow today 3/4 to 2 inches in areas.

I don't recognize that leaf, but I don't grow a lot of hoyas. Some of the experts might know what it is if they see the pic. Maybe post it on the Hoyas forum.

Russ

Hey Nomen,

I grow Hoyas & wonder if that ID MIGHT be H rotundiflora? Looks thirsty from here, the way the leaves are sort of curving. Maybe after a couple of days recovery after transplant it'll stop.

Disclaimer: I don't grow in gritty mix; none of my Hoyas or anything else (except 1 Adenia gift which came to me in a gritty).

Russ,

Quite the collection of Ags you've got there, all lovely, some old friends, some I've never see before. Great show!

imonstella, I have a little Hoya heuschkeliana that has slight downward curved edges. I've thought it was normal for the species, so now I'm wondering if it's from drying out too much.

On the ags, thank you. Those are only a few of my collection, I'm always looking for more but especially species and old, vintage ags from the 50s and 60s.

Russ

@ Imontestella Thanks for the ID was able to confirm ID VIA Vermont hoya . com the site also confirmed my suspicions of it having a slight /light fragrance.

Another adopted August 2015

What I call a Mexican yam is better known as Dioscorea hemcrypta produces one vine per year

Close up of it's base

Nomen, and to think, I was a little bummed that it's 82° and cloudy in south Florida today. Snow is much worse.

I was watering my plants today and noticed that my H. rotundiflora looked like nomen's unidentified one, which imonstella had already said was this species.

Imonstella, how large do the leaves get? It looks like one of the smaller ones but my plant is still small. I checked my heuschkeliana and leaf edges aren't downward-curved, but the leaf is cupped and I suppose this is normal.

Russ

All of my Holiday Cacti are in bud....but here are a few pics.

Beautiful Debra.

I collect aroids and have always liked the hybrid syngoniums like the one in the last pic, this pink one is probably one of the many Allusion series but I've seen it with several different names. Neon is one. Most syngoniums want to take off in a long vine with few leaves, looking for a tree to climb in your living room. But these hybrids tend to stay put in a bushy form initially, maybe having been treated with a growth regulator chemical. At some point though, they'll take off for parts unknown and pinching the tips or taking cuttings will be necessary to keep them in check.

I also like the philo Brasil with the yellow-gold slash down the middle of the leaf. Although it's common as dirt, it's one of my favorite varieties of this species.

Russ

Thank you both very much ChippedChinaplate & Russ.

I was just at the grocery store when I spied a managers special. That got my attention. They were selling begonias in a 6" pot for $6. not bad. nice big healthy plants. mine is a coral flowered one I think, I will have to wait & see. the other plant I bought there was another syngonium, good sized & healthy. Also in a 6" pot. $3.99. Ok, you're coming with me I said.

Oh Russ, I wanted to tell you I took clippings of the brasil and have had them in warm water for at least 3 weeks now. I change the water twice a day. No roots at all yet. makes me wonder.

What type of begonia did you buy Debra?

On the Brasil cuttings, 3 weeks does seem like a long time without producing roots but maybe it's the time of year. Philos, syngoniums, pothos and the like can stay in water indefinitely, so it's no big deal unless you're anxious to get them in pots.

Russ

The unusual blooms of a Ceropegia woodii variation.

I was surprised to find it in bloom couple of weeks ago. The regular variety blooms in August.

Oops, pardon the glare & the streaky window. See that purple fuzzy? Those are hairs or filaments of some sort once the flower opens.

Here at its other-worldly best.

My proud experiment, Hydro grown Sansevieria (5 yrs old).

Started from a single leaf in water, has never seen a speck of mix.

Russ I love your Aroids. I am actually considering putting extra Windows in my house to accommodate my hobby. I figure it's a compromise because I think a greenhouse in our harsh winters would be difficult to maintain. I love Philo Brazil and heart leafed Philo too. I recently picked up a philo Brazil that has a more white verigation.

I placed next to a regular one for comparison.

For Russ....here are pics of the plants I picked up at the Grocery...I chopped the begonia pretty good. I don't like split, cut or bent leaves.

I'll continue with the water propagation on the Brasil.

Question; What's the best way to propagate geranium (zonal) stalks...Thank you very much for your advice..

chippedchinaplate, that's a beauty! you could propagate a few vines & get another plant. It's so lush, I don't think it would miss them!! Lol!

Goodness, what a lovely begonia. I am so enjoying looking at everyone's plants.

Karen, the blooms of C. woodii are indeed unusual. There is a variegated form available so you might look for it.

Your hydroponics grown sans is interesting. I don't know much about hydroponics, but your system is obviously a basic one. So you just pour the same water over and over thru the medium into the bucket below? A brief primer is appreciated.

chippedchinaplate, aroids have been my favorite group of plants for over 40 years and I'm always looking for one more, especially philodendrons and aglaonemas. Brasil is variable and with time and size they often produce narrow and wide slashes of variegation on leaves of the same plant.

Reiger begonias are tuberous and won't grow well here in Florida because of the heat, they like cooler temperatures. Because of this I don't grow them, but I do love cane and rhizomatous begonias.

I've grown zonal geraniums over the years but not recently. You should have propagated them a couple of months ago when temps were warmer, but if you still want to try it's an easy process. Take 6 inch cuttings, take off all the bottom leaves and flower stalks, then plant into a very porous mix. Peat moss or any light, peat-based commercial soil mixed 50-50 with perlite is fine. If you're using 5-1-1 for your other plants, just mix some extra perlite with it.

Water the cuttings well and put the pot into a 1-gallon zip lock plastic bag to keep humidity high. Place in a bright location but no direct sun. If droplets form on the inside of the bag, open it slightly for a while so it can dry out. Bottom heat always works better for propagating in winter, there are heat mats available for this purpose but I've never used them.

Russ

Thank you Debra, I must of got a good angle, it's actually a scrawny thing. In spring I will start propegating and making it bigger. I had a huge Brazil but bought it to my mom who lives in assisted living. Plants really brighten up her room.

Thank you Lauren....that's the Managers Special, $6.

Ok, Thank you Russ. Sounds like a plan. Maybe a little dip in rooting hormone wouldn't hurt. I appreciate your advice.

I can't wait until the Pilea 'Dark Mystery' gets bigger so I can clip it for propagation...what an easy plant to grow...it's in our bathroom. 3 people, 3 showers a day, lots of humidity. For the Pilea, Blue star fern & the pink Syngonium. If I could fit more in there I would!!

Debra, I don't use rooting hormone but as you said it might make a big difference, especially since you're in a northern state and this time of year. I've read that when rooting in water, stirring in rooting hormone makes for much quicker, large root systems. I forget if it was 2 teaspoons or tablespoons, but I think it was the latter. The water was milky colored in the pic they posted. You might hedge your bets and give water with hormone a try with one of your cuttings. If you do, please post your results so I can recommend it in the future, or not.

Russ

This turned out to be one of the BEST threads on these forums..Great work all and such beautiful houseplants! Let's see what you have in November now, already another month gone)

Chippedchinaplate, post the November thread I started to let me know if you are still keeping an eye on the variegated CC..Ok?

**Russ...HOLY TOLEDO...The size of those beautiful leaves..Mines should look like that. I have been ignoring it.Time to care for it properly now that I have also seen the cost of just a baby one of these..\ Russ, on October 23 at 6:15 you posted tow sets of pic..The last set of pics the plant the fourth one up from the bottom? Is that a variegated Philo? Can I talk to you about that one in e-mail? Thanks

Karen..Very nice. You have some unusual stuff there. Very nice. I hope all is well with you. It's been quite a long time since we talked..Wishing you all the best from my family here.

Debra, NICE!!! Love those.

Danielle...Good work! All of mine are starting to bud too. Love it

Nomen...As usual, awesome and weird varieties..

Tiffany..You know how I have always felt about your plants..You should own a greenhouse!

Letsgobird..Did you know that I also use the pot in pot method..My plants love growing that way! Beautiful work.

Dave, it's looking like a real cold fall into winter..I'm not happy with it while the rest of this country is not affected by the Polar Express..Arg. At least we can stay warm inside with our plants...)

Mike

Sure thing Russ. I used it with the begonia stalks as well.

Thank you Mike.

mikerno, all the aroids in my second post were aglaonemas. The one in question is a variegated species, A. modestum variegata. My email is bluesea14808@yahoo.com.

Great Debra, let us know how the water + rooting hormone works out.

Russ