is hoya sunrise or obscura easier to care for?
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Comments (11)I second everything Mare has said about Hoya obscura. It has the best fragrance, best blooming habits and best foliage, bar none, of any hoya I have ever grown. In fact, if I could grow only one house plant, this one might be it. My other favorites are all closely related to Hoya obscura although none have its exact fragrance or unique foliage. The first is Hoya 'Sunrise', a hybrid of Hoya lacunosa x Hoya obscura. It is a very simple green, understated plant with a sweet, very pleasant fragrance (which is different from either parent). I do not find the fragrance to be as strong overall as H. obscura, but it certainly has none of the heavy, musky qualities of H. lacunosa. Next on my list is a new one that I purchased last year as Hoya nabawanensis. It reminds quite a bit of a weedy, rangy version of H. obscura but it has solid green foliage and long internodes. The fragrance is very different, however, being very sweet and spicy. Now that it is finally established, it is growing rapidly and producing lots of peduncles. I can't wait to see how it performs later this spring and summer when the weather warms up. I love Hoya lacunosa and grow several forms of it since it is such an easy, freely blooming plant. I totally agree with Mare that its fragrance is not of such a great quality although it is certainly very strong. I do not consider it to have an "obnoxious" hoya fragrance like H. nummularioides or H. heuschkeliana (i.e., it does not drive me out of the house even when several umbels are open at once) but to my nose it is very coarse and has none of the wonderful perfume-like quality of Hoya obscura....See MoreGreat Performing Hoyas
Comments (29)Hoya diversifolia B being the plant we often see named Hoya loyceandrewsiana and sometimes latifolia. If anyone wants to see more of the mess that is Hoya macrophylla read Christine Burton's response. This is something I was not aware of but because there were two different species named Hoya macrophylla by two different people the first publication takes precedence and the second is in error. It's interesting that so many Hoya species are confused and that more wide spread corrections have not been made. Is there really this little interest in taxonomy of Hoyas that there has not been a revision of the genus done? I tend to keep the names I acquire by plants under unless they are obviously wrong, otherwise I assume that they were properly identified for the most part. Polystachya means many flower spikes although I have seen many sheaths of grain also used to explain the name. The orchid genus Polystachya is one that I am very fond of and they are known for having many branched flower spikes on mature plants. Fingers grossed that my Polystachya paniculata will flower for the first time this fall. The Internet Orchid Photo Encyclopedia mentions that the name Polystachya refers to the capability for this genus to rebloom off of old spikes. Mike Here is a link that might be useful: Hoya macrophylla...See MoreTen best Hoyas as houseplants for the beginner
Comments (18)Don, I find many of the 'scented' ones listed here have no fragrance to me. (But growing up in a house of smokers, I have a "stunted" sense of smell!) I would recommend H. austrailus ssp. tenuipes. I recently did a huge hack job, pulling it out of my tree (I also grow 98% of my hoyas out of doors year round) because the pot hanger broke. I did a real 'hack job' on it, and threw the bits in a tin wash tub... only to have it root quickly and rampantly. I took bits and stuck them in the ground around my property, and they've put on new leaves; deep burgandy with a lime green dot at the tip. The leaves are aging now so the burgandy color is fading to the usual lime green. (SueTran this goes for you too!) I'd be happy to provide you both some cuttings from the mother plant as I am thinking about moving the 18 inch pot in to work and I can almost guarentee some damage from that transport! For the neglectful type (as I am, also) I usually pot my hoyas up in self-water pots. Mostly hanging pots, but I've branched out in many directions. I can't recommend H. bella for S-W pots because it has seasonal fluctuational needs for water and S-W tend to kill them in fall! I've hade austrailus, kerrii, pubicalyx RHP, multiflora, obovata, fungii and carnosa in S-W pots for nearly four years now, and they really do aid in the 'neglect' arena! Good luck, I've been branching out recently and this Neglect Post reminds me I need to go water my newly arrived plants! Good Luck, Don! Don and SueTran, leave a note here, I will contact you. GW ate my DropMeALine ability! Tough having been here since '97, lots of changes!!! (Sue, you can reach out and contact me!)...See MoreVariegated Hoya Kerrii pink spots: HELP!
Comments (14)Hey Denise, I tried to post this several hrs. ago, but think GW was having trouble. So I'll try again ... Speaking of pink leaves on H. variegates, look what I found yesterday, on just a Krimson Queen, but still one we all know & many love, so pretty. Snowed here yesterday, several inches, so a splash of color is extra nice. I no longer have my green & white Kerri (which was hydro); you & I had discussed some of these are unstable & make strange growth, mine pooped out maybe a year ago last Summer. Thanks for asking abt my losses w/ Hurricane Sandy, it was (IIRC) sadly, lost 7 of the 11 Hoyas w/ which David had gifted me. Am happy to say the Macrophyllas made it. A couple of the other large leafed ones too. Sadly the loss included a couple of cuttings I'd successfully re-hydrated. Oh well! Glad to say I still have my all green Kerrii which also grows Hydro in Leca stones & bloomed 2.5 yrs. after cutting. Happy to report Denise that both Sans cylindrica leaves you'd shared w/ me have taken off. Hope you saw I posted some of that, likely as Sans. forum (thanks again). Hey HoyaLove. Hope you don't mind us using your thread to chat & catch up, we're old C&S & Hoya buddies. Anyway, glad Denise knew that your plant is fine, enjoy....See Moredenise_678
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