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Re: Jungle-porch Update: August

At 10:28 AM 8/21/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hoyas! Love them, but mine won,t bloom! Both are 7 years old, but they have
>been moved around sooo many times! Have yours been in the same place all
>those years? The tendrils on mine are taking over...they even grew under the
>molding at the top of the wall, and are trying to strangle their neighbors.
>What can I do to make them bloom!
>
I suspect you're being too good to them, judging by all the new growth.
Like cactus, if they look good they probably won't bloom.  I had to underpot
mine in clay pots and let them dry out completely between watering to make
them bloom.  

Hoya multiflora seems to be different, though.  It sets buds in every leaf
axil and right now has two flower clusters and another developing on a
single stem plant.  I want to cut it back to make it branch but it won't
stop flowering so I can do it.  Guess I'll have to see if cuttings will
develop the buds while forming roots.
Ruth Zavitz                                     
rzavitz@execulink.com                            
Freelance Writer & Gardening Consultant, zone 6 Southern Ontario
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