I could spare a few small cuttings of Hoya chinghungensis, if you could spare a small cutting of H. pachyclada. I prefer the variegated one, but green is fine, too. But, I'm looking for ones with the red edge only. This spring, I expect to have some rooted H. Maxima (red corona), as I have a ton of runners which should leaf out in spring. Any chance you have a variegated DS-70 in your collection? I have many in your list, so just ask.... Kathy

Well, I still have a bunch of Aerangis modesta growing on in there. The mounted ones are doing quite well. The potted ones have almost all bit the dust. I would've mounted them all but I ran out of supplies and haven't gotten more. The recently unflasked guys are Aerangis mystacidii and Neofinetia falcata 'Shu Ten Nou'. They are so cute. I really really wanted Aerangis punctata but wasn't able to reserve a flask in time. I am crazy and requested a reservation of a Cattleya luteola flask as well! Hopefully it won't come ready for a while now, I need some breathing room. I'm more worried about insects than disease. My first terrarium, which houses my very lovely Aerangis kirkii, acquired bush snails somewhere along the way and I Can't. Get. Rid. Of. Them. I hate them so much. It also effectively means I cannot add to that terrarium, or move anything in there to another, because I dare not spread the snails around. It frustrates me enough that I want to just start over and scrap that one, but Aerangis kirkii is not the easiest to come by, and mine has done a lot of growing and is turning into quite the specimen, as long as I keep up with it. Plus there are a few other nice specimens in there (like Pleurothallis grobyi and Chaemangis hariotiana), which are more easily replaceable, but I don't want to have to. Hey, so far the hoyas that are in the big terrarium are behaving quite nicely. They have not been attacking the orchids or taking over their space. Everyone is getting along. In fact, the hoyas in there get watered quite regularly because I have to check on the mounted orchids almost daily. Resolution shmesolution... I feel like half the time when one makes a resolution, you are daring yourself to do the opposite. Or maybe that's just me :)

I keep my bella, javanica, chinghungensis, lacunosas, engleriana, glabra, finnlaysonii complex types, praetorii, darwinii, davidcummingiana, lobbii, and imperialis on the moist side to varying degrees. I will probably be keeping my polyneura a bit moist too but that is still rooting. For drier ones, that would be my kerriis, carnosas, and treubiana. I have been keeping my villosa a bit dry too, and these are all doing well. I suppose, heushkeliana I keep a bit moist as well. My others are more intermediate sort of water when I remember or they look dry. Those would be DS-70, pubycalyx types, shepherdii, andalensis, UT-002, limoniaca, inconspicua, curtisii, obscura, pottsii, pachyclada, australis species, diptera, UT-168, fungii, obovata, diversifolia and diversifolia aff crassipes. Think thatcabout covers my collection, may be forgetting a few. I live on Eastern washington, tends to be hot in summers and my house is nearly always on the dry side from either external conditions or my heater in the winter.

Wow! That is gorgeous and the leaves are very pretty too. Jimmy, not fair. I'm in Raleigh too and my Hoyas don't look half as good as yours lol !! How long have you been growing? Maybe with time and education I'll eventually have some nice ones too (that I haven't purchased as big and nice already). And keep them all alive. :-)