Amber, Compacta (rope) will be happy hanging, when it gets really long you can drape it on the pot. Hoya carnosa will try to climb, mine is attacking rafters on the patio, had to place pot on the low table to give it room to grow :). On the other hand, variegated ones you have (in my hands) are more likely to just hang from the pot with to attempts to grow over pot hangers or other Hoyas. Check images here on GW or in google, and you should have good idea what to expect. Aggie

Hey Maisha! Welcome to the forum :) Hoya naturally grow along trees, collecting nutrients from the crooks where leaves and bird droppings fall.. So they like to have air around their roots and (most) like to dry between waterings. I've read over and over that the soil is one of the most important parts of your plants growth. Ideally you want something that the water "runs right through." It's been recommended to use a mix with bark.. but I haven't been doing that yet. You have had the cuttings for a year, plus new growth shows that they have been surviving! I wouldn't stress over the soil, but it is a place to look for making ideal changes. I think I remember reading that a cutting from a mature plant will do better than a cutting from a younger plant. That could effects time until flowering. Even so, when a plant is grown from a cutting it usually takes a few years. As for giving it a trellis, it will definitely effect how your plant looks! I don't think it changes the plants growing speed, but that's a good question! Twining, climbing hoya DO want to grow UP. But that usually just effects where the plant focuses it's growing energy. (Leaves on a stem pointing down vs create a new stem to try and grow UP) One last bit of info! I do know that hoya sent out shooters (tendrils) sometimes to look for different living conditions. 'Is there more/less sun/heat/draft/moisture over there?' But i'm pretty sure that some hoya just have those tendrils either way! Hope that helped, someone with more experience will probably pip up with more/better info :) Keiko

carnosa krimson Queen ( or Tricolor). Check the link below for more info and lots of picks. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/57703/index.html Here is a link that might be useful: Hoya carnosa variegate

No, don't transfer it to clay, I think these prefer plastic (in my experience w/ them). I'd wait 'til they're very dry as you suggested. I think 'not liking their roots disturbed' is a bit of a myth; when it's necessary, one does it. I didn't reveal it to you before, but I am a Hoya collector here & we also have a Hoya forum nearby, where you can post Hoya questions in the future. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/hoya I bought this KP mid-June, it's too big for my home (a 9" diameter pot), but very healthy & was a Pandemic present to myself. Tho' I took some cuttings for the future, it has started to settle in as it's begun sprouting lots of new growth from its tips (just as Popmama suggested above). Patience pls MJ, the plants need that too, as they work on plant time, not people time. But you're off to a good start. When your plant grows more, you can take several cuttings for the future, just in case. Many of us do that as future insurance, in case we lose the plants, which does happen, even to experienced growers; especially w/ Exotic Angel (EA) plants, of which this is one.