Large & interesting leaved hoyas
Bill M.
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WANTED: Hoyas with big, fat leaves
Comments (1)Just finished a big trade and need to let a few plants regrow. I probably have enough to chew on for a while, but see my exchange list for updates if you're still interested. -Chris...See MoreWhere (in the USA) to get Hoyas? Interested in travel!
Comments (6)As Mike says, you can buy GENUINE mature plants, at a hefty price (mostly because of the shipping, tbh). If that's really what you're after, then you might try ebay and check out the plants of greenthumb3000 or other such vendors. What I would be more wary of is judging a Hoya's maturity by the pot size specified. You can get EA Hoyas in a large 8" pot, but they really are a bunch of rooted starts (as pointed out in this thread) not in the same league as the photos you shared with us. (But they'll get there, someday!) Joni @ SRQ just recently changed her pot size, but the plants are equally well established as what she'd previously been selling in 4" pots. I tend to find that the health quality and selection of these plants outweighs getting a greater number of starts. She has been holding monthly $10 sales recently, with different plants featured every time. You can really get some good deals and these plants tend to be on the fuller side versus some of her rarer plants, which she offers as soon as they are well enough established to travel. She used to also sell bigger pots of some plants and they'd go into the $10 sale section, too, but I can't find them on her site atm. You might inquire with her about it, though. Don't be afraid to talk to Hoya vendors directly. They are a good bunch. Because it's a smaller community, it's often easier for them to connect with us. Your final option is to get big cuttings! I know this sounds crazy, but some of the cuttings I've received in the past amount to a pretty darn big plant. The typical size of a Hoya cutting is, of course, 3-4 nodes, but there are some vendors who will ship larger sections, at their discretion. And you can always stick around here, make some good friends, and before you know it, there will be some sweetheart from a southern clime, who thinks you're worthy of a big hunk of a Hoya that grows like gangbusters for them. Everyone here is astonishingly generous once they get to know you. It's all about putting in the time. Also, Hoyas do not have to be huge to flower (in case this is not self evident). Because Hoyas are usually propagated via cuttings, they benefit quite directly from the maturity of their parent. You will be astonished how many cuttings and plants you receive with peduncles already there, in which case you could have blooms on your hands a month later even if it's in a 2" pot, or freshly rooted with your own two hands. Whew! I think I'm about halfway to a book. Sorry about that!...See MoreHoya carnosa 'Krimson Queen' pink vine w/white leaves
Comments (17)I am also a fan of Foliage Pro, mostly because it has all the micro-nutrients plants need, not just the main elements. And the 3-1-2 NPK ratio is also good. But lately I've started rotating fertilizers. I used "Grow" and "Orchid-Pro" from the same manufacturer, Dyna-Gro. People say balanced fertilizers (with all equal NPK numbers) are also good. And there are good things I've heard about MSU formula. It comes in powder or liquid and in "pure water" or "well water" formulas. RO, distilled or tap water with not a lot of dissolved minerals are all good with the pure water formula - but use the well water formula if your water is hard, too alkaline or has a lot of minerals dissolved. Powder is cheaper that liquid - but keep it very dry, as it absorbs environmental moisture too easily. Jack's Classic is another manufacturer that I've heard recommended and plan to try as I run out of my fertilizer supplies. One thing I would not use is "bloom booster" (high middle number in NPK). Knowledgeable people say it's a gimmick and that high phosphorus formulas do not actually encourage blooming. There are some negative opinions of high nitrogen (N) fertilizers, but if your medium is partly bark, then high N helps. This is because as bark degrades (as bacteria consume it gradually, in other words), they need a lot of nitrogen, which may leave the plant with a deficiency, unless a high N formula is used. Finally, no matter what you use, there is a pretty broad agreement on fertilizing "weakly weekly" (half or even quarter the label dosage, but with every watering), and on flushing pots occasionally, perhaps monthly, with pure water, to wash off all the accumulated fertilizer salts....See MoreSaw an Interesting Hoya (Hybrid?) Today
Comments (9)Success! I got my cutting today, woo-hooo. Well not a cutting really, another separate plant of it. Turns out the original plant I fell for has been cut back a lot. Owner decided she didn't want to cut more yet & decided to send me to the co-worker from whom she got it 4 yrs. ago & she said the original was large. Well, turns out that one has also been cut back a lot (this 2nd woman also doesn't know what Hoyas are & has it quite overpotted), nice growth around the circumference of the pot, middle growth lookes like it & its rootball were pulled up out of the mix & look bad. Apparently on reflection the owner didn't think this was a good enough plant to share & she showed up at my desk today w/ an entirely separate plant which she said she had at home. The good part is that it's a nice sized chunk, likely big enough to cut in 1/2 by Spring, very nice roots, seems very well grown & happy. The bad part is that it doesn't look much like the actual plant I got smitten w/ (by?) But I can sort of see how it might grow into it. 'Til I can get a camera that's all for now; for the moment I'm guessing it to be a cross btwn Obovata & Carnosa. Cross yr. fingers pls. everybody!! Nice deal huh, no cost, no shipping charges either. I've decided I'm going to give the giver a lb. can of my Hoya mix (coir & pumice, mixed w/ a bit of what looks like peat that she had this plant in) & am also going to offer her a couple of small cuttings of Obscura....See MoreRuss1023 (central Fla)
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