Please, I need Lacanosa Hoya help.
Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
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My hoya is dying after I moved-need help.
Comments (7)Greg, I meant if there were just a limited number of good vines left to remove them and re-start them, cutting the rest back completely. It's been my experience that a plant works hard to "revive" damaged parts and you can lose a plant by letting bad damage die back naturally. I suspect this has something to do with the limitations we put on them when we grow them in pots... Whatever the reason, I find a damaged plant has a better chance of surviving with a severe pruning. Not only surviving, I might add, but eventually flourishing better than before. I actually found this out by accident. At the risk of telling the same story over and over and boring the long-time readers... I've had German Shepherd dogs for many years. If you've never had one, you probably aren't familiar with their overly-enthusiastic tail-wagging, the signal of the "happy dance" when Mom or Dad comes home. The "dance" has resulted in many, many - uh - "pruned" plants. I used to get really upset until I realized that those "pruned by the dance" seemed to look awsome after they recovered. Thus began my no-fear attitude towards pruning. Yes, you'll have a crappy looking plant for awhile, but in the end, you'll be rewarded... As for flowers, patience is the key. If you do have to prune it clear back, I would start (for a year or so...) with a general fertilizer that will encourage foliage (like Miracle Grow...) Once you've got some good foliage, then in spring and summer, use a bloom booster fertilizer. Plenty of sun (that is, indirect sun in your neck of the woods!), fresh air, warmth... that should do it! Sorry to hear your damage is so extensive. I think we've ALL learned this lesson the hard way! Denise in Omaha...See MoreHoyas travelling, need HELP
Comments (68)Hi girls, Cindy I bought the vials on a market flower where they sell flowers in cuts like roses, orchids and others. puglvr1 those cuts came by mail, I only bought in my luggage the fragiles ones, only 10 or 15 inside the pants, LOL, and they passed through customs with no problem, I even lost 2 cuts after arriving, I could not find them in my clothes!!!! It was a great pleasure to share with all of you my Los Angeles Adventurer TRIP!!!! I'm returning on my next vacation but probably going to Florida where hoyas are more common, because in Los Angeles I didn't find any!!!! So I had to buy some from Ted Green and did not buy more because I was very scared about bringing them to Brazil, now I'm more confident than ever!!! And I know already that I can ship them in the vials and they will arrive just perfect! We all could go to Thailand, let's make a nice trip together all the hoya lovers in Thailand! Let's plan!!! Mitzi...See MorePlease help me ID these two BIG hoyas... and help me decide
Comments (7)Hard to tell what they are from this distance, I'd guess the 1st is Carnosa, the 2nd either that or maybe a Pubicalyx. What info is the seller offering pls? Seems to me they'd have something to say esp. for plants this large, where'd they come from &why they're being sold, etc?...See MoreNeed Hoya ID help, please ...
Comments (4)Thank you for the prelim ID pubicalyx ... That's correct in terms of the leaf. Denise is right in terms of mine having far less variegation than hers. Mine is just minutely speckled. As far as I know, the blooms are similar to those of "Pink Silver." We'll see. Well it IS growing, just not as fast in comparison to my Australis. It was a rootless cutting, so I imagine it needed time to adjust. Substrate is very loose and fast-draining ... It's what I use for my adeniums, plumeria, orchid cactus cultivars. I have basically adopted it for all my C&S because it doesn't remain excessively wet and allows the roots to move and breathe. Every climate and growing culture is different and this substrate works very well for me here. Le's wait until it blooms and I'll post pictures of it in bloom. Then we can do a better job of IDing it. Thanks for your help. Maria Elena...See Morepopmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
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