Sorry, I just saw your post and I was not sent a copy. I have since bought a Hindu rope. I could have sent pictures if I had known you wanted them. I just never got an email. Tami

I love my rope hoya. I've had 2 of them. The first one died shortly after I got it from the dreaded mealy bug. Watering and mealys are the 2 things you have to worry about with this hoya. The only thing I've found that will keep mealys off of compacta is systemic pesticide granules. You just put some in the top layer of soil and it makes the plant poisonous to mealy bugs and other pests. This will make your plant poisonous to people and animals too if they eat it so be careful if you have pets. As to watering I just keep my hoya just a bit more moist than my other plants. I still only water about every 2 weeks. I also keep a pebble tray under it to keep the humidity a little higher around the plant. Here is a link that might be useful: Systemic Pesticide

It is nice, but a word of warning: once compacta (aka hindu rope) gets mealy bugs, it is extremely hard to get rid of them, due to the shape of the leaves.

Where do you keep the plant? New growth is dying- could you give more information? How long have you had this plant?