This plant has taken a long time to establish & only the 2nd blooming.
Cheers Wendy

How do you ever juggle your succulent and orchid budgets? Looks to me like
the only fair way is to not have budgets at all. I'm glad you get to enjoy
such a wide variety of plants closeup
Gary

"Wendy7" wrote in message
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This plant has taken a long time to establish & only the 2nd blooming.
Cheers Wendy

Thanks Gary
*G* Remember me the so called Florence Nightingale of botanicals! Sale
plants, half dead plants free cuttings mostly.
This is why I have this minagerie of container plants.
Cheers Wendy

"v_coerulea" wrote in message
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How do you ever juggle your succulent and orchid budgets? Looks to me like
the only fair way is to not have budgets at all. I'm glad you get to enjoy
such a wide variety of plants closeup
Gary

"Wendy7" wrote in message
...
This plant has taken a long time to establish & only the 2nd blooming.
Cheers Wendy

This past Spring I bought several "tropicals" that are supposed to be
fragrant. My idea is to keep them inside to perfume the house
(assuming that we can stand what they eventually smell like).

Anyway, one of them, listed as "easy" in the catalog and usable as a
houseplant, was a Hoya odorata. All the other plants are quite happy,
but this guy hasn't grown a mm since I potted him 4-months ago. On the
other hand, he hasn't turned up his toes either.

Are there any particular tricks to this "easy" plant?

Thanks

JD



On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:36:47 -0700, "Wendy7" wrote:

This plant has taken a long time to establish & only the 2nd blooming.
Cheers Wendy

The honest truth John I have never really researched Hoya's but I think when
they say easy grower they mean hard to kill??
Not sure they will flower growing indoors, although it depends on the amount
of sunlight they get?
Yes they are painfully slow, slower than orchids.
Cheers Wendy
"John - Pa." wrote in message
...
This past Spring I bought several "tropicals" that are supposed to be
fragrant. My idea is to keep them inside to perfume the house
(assuming that we can stand what they eventually smell like).

Anyway, one of them, listed as "easy" in the catalog and usable as a
houseplant, was a Hoya odorata. All the other plants are quite happy,
but this guy hasn't grown a mm since I potted him 4-months ago. On the
other hand, he hasn't turned up his toes either.

Are there any particular tricks to this "easy" plant?

Thanks

JD



On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:36:47 -0700, "Wendy7" wrote:

This plant has taken a long time to establish & only the 2nd blooming.
Cheers Wendy

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:33:09 -0400, John - Pa. wrote:


Are there any particular tricks to this "easy" plant?

Hoyas are epiphytes from southern Asia to Australia and need sun and
drying between watering. Although they don't mind greenhouse humidity
they can be treated as succulents. I use a liquid general purpose
fertilizer and or fish when I remember.
The best one I had was in a south-east picture window that got hot sun
until noon. If it can't get enough light it will make leaves but not
many flowers
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