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Re: I like hoyas

At 04:24 PM 7/27/97 -0700, Keith wrote:
>
>	I pick out ones I don't have, avoiding the $10-15 ones, sticking
>with the ones which cost $4-5.  I had to jot down the name of the ones I
>have, so that I could make sure that he doesn't send me one I already
>have, so I happen to have a list of the ones I have...
>
>Hoya bella  (bloomed as soon as I got it, nice thick pointed leaves; I saw
>a photo of a specimen-sized plant with hundreds of inflorescences).
>
>Hoya carnosa 
>
>H. diptera  (looks good even when not in bloom, with dime-sized leaves,
>has been in bud for weeks and weeks, but my room is probably too cool for
>its ideal conditions)
>
>H. fungii  (nice, yellowish blooms, light green, thin leaves).  
>
>H. kerrii (have yet to bloom this one myself, although it has the spurs
>left from previous blooming episodes).
>
>H. lacunosa  (beautiful leaves with pressed down indentations; can't
>remember the flower, but it has bloomed at least once).  
>
>H. limoniaca
>
>H. tsangii  (this one just bloomed for me, and, if I'm not mistaken, has a
>really foul smell.  I didn't realize that any of them smelled bad)
>
>	The above adds up to ten because of having at least two varieties
>of H. carnosa.  If some of you are thinking that ten is an incredibly
>different number of hoyas, you must not have read the posting in which I
>mentioned meeting, via e-mail, a woman in Sweden who grows over 200
>different hoyas.  She has even gone on hoya-collecting trips to the
>Phillipines (and perhaps elsewhere).
>
>	The more plants one has, the less it matters when one of them 
>takes a long time to grow well and/or bloom.  
>
>Keith Dabney

Hi all:

I have three hoyas: Bella, carnosa tricolor and multiflora.  Bella blooms
very well although between times it looks as if it had a terrible
infestation of spider mite with absolutely bare new growth.  Just when I
think I should get out the magnifying glass it suddenly sprouts buds all over.

The carnosa is a couple of years old and has done very little so far.

The multiflora makes up for it, though.  If you get a chance to get one pay
*anything* for it.  It was given to me as a cutting a year ago and has
bloomed in every leaf axil.  The stubs drop off, though and don't rebloom.
The leaves are fairly close together not rangy like carnosa.  It is now
about 9" high with large hoya shaped apple green leaves.  The flowers are
very different from other hoyas, though.  Instead of the umbrella like
cluster each flower is on a 2" stem coming from a central point.  The
flowers are ivory colored and the petals turn back like a cyclamen.  It's a
keeper.

Glad to see some have all their weeds pulled and are back on line.
Ruth Zavitz                                     
rzavitz@execulink.com                            
Freelance Writer & Gardening Consultant, zone 6 Southern Ontario
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