Giant new Hoya!
I just received a very large Hoya carnosa and I’m at a bit of a loss on what to do with it. There are just so many stems! I don’t want to separate them or repot it, I don’t think. It seems to be very happy, it’s blooming for the first time in 15 years, according to the previous owner.
The pen is just there for scale.
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popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoAh you are like me, happy to take the big ones off someone's hands. This is the one I recently l acquired. this is what it looked like in the previous owner's home.
This is what it looked like in my garage after giving it a huge trim so I could get it in my car.
I ended up having to untangle the long long strands and lay them out in my driveway. Then I put a tomato cage in the center of the pot and started winding them around and attaching them using plant clips.
I took the remaining stems and gave a lot of them away and am rooting about 50 more.
If you want to untangle yours and then put it on a better support, don't be afraid. Or you could untangle them and let it be a hanging plant. It's totally up to you. But you don't have to be afraid. Even if something breaks off you can root it and plant it or share.
If you want to wait until it's done blooming, that would be fine as well. If you want to leave it the way it is, you could do that too. I tend to like them on supports.
here's a link to another one I rescued last year.
https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5838507/who-would-throw-this-away#n=28
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3 years agopepe, you’re right the previous owner doesn’t really know the exact age, just that she had it for 15 years. However, there’s no way of knowing the quality of care it received before or after she received it etc.
It bloomed for me and then I untangled all the stems and put them on a trellis, so overall I feel less intimidated by its size now!
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