Un deux trois.

I just spent an hour and a half uncovering, watering, and taking pictures of the plants.

The happy family. I tend to keep the Hoyas up top and everything else falls in line.

Can you tell I love Coral? She's finally kind of trailing like she is supposed to.

This Echeveria has recovered nicely from being bitten up by a cat (presumably - we have a lot of strays).

H. var macrophylla is doing well after having stressed vines from shipping. I had to cut them back and they don't seem to mind.

This is by far the quickest growing Hoya I have. It's H. fitchii and though I know the vine gets kind of washed out at the end...it's at least a foot and a half long.

H. pubicalyx 'Bright One' is so cute. :) It's a happy grower, too.

H. mindorensis is FINALLY growing some more. It's one of the slowest growing Hoyas I have.

The next two photos are of newer Hoyas I forgot to document. This is H. merrillii.

And this is H. clandestina. It's starting to grow for me.

And now we start with the cuttings. This is H. limoniaca.

With its peduncle.

H. elliptica, which I am very surprised at the rate it rooted! This Hoya doesn't usually travel well, so it's finally perking back up.

H. cv Mathilde, which just lost two leaves. Oh well.

H. mymrecopa.

H. lacunosa 'Thai Clone'. So far, it seems to like me MUCH more than lacunosa 'Sno Caps'. We shall see.

H. leytensis. Such a cute little Hoya.

Here are the other huge cuttings from Ebay. Much larger than Joni's, but slower to root.

H. lobbii (red flowers). Part of it broke off during the initial soak so I just made it another cutting. The top leaves look rough, but it is finally rooting.

The other part of the H. lobbii cutting.

Cute leaves on it, too.

Oh thank the Hoya gods...this one (H. fungii broad form) is finally rooting! I was afraid it would just rot away. The roots are definitely nothing to write home about yet, but it's not dead!

I mean, look at these leaves.

The collector thinks this is H. villosa. She knows better than I, so until I can refute it, the name stays.

Whatever it is, the leaves are really pretty. I was looking at H. globulosa (mostly because it originates in China) and these two are supposedly very similar.

This was a bonus cutting! H. macgillivrayi. It's happily rooting along. Grow grow grow!

H. fischeriana, which looks the most beat up of them all. It is thin-stemmed after all.

H. fungii typical form. 

That's enough of a pic dump. :)

Overblast!!

I don't know if anyone noticed, but the last 2 or 3 posts have been titled after DDR songs. I know, my Asian is showing.

Anyway, I'm posting because !!!!!:

From Joni (mystery bundle): 

H. elliptica EPC-641

H. leytensis IML-1287

H. cv 'Mathilde' IML/SRQ-3075

H. lacunosa 'Thai Clone' IML/SRQ-3047

H. pubicalyx 'Red Buttons'IML-0268

H. limoniaca IML-0092

H. myrmecopa IML-1375

From Ebay:

H. lobbii (red flowers)

H. fischeriana (bonus)

H. macgillivrayi IML-015 (bonus)

H. fungi typical form

H. fungi broad form
H. multiflora IML-153 (2)

H. mindorensis IML-1776

H. villosa IML-1663 (?)

!!!! You guys, all but TWO cuttings rooted! I thought I was going to kill them all.

Multiflora is doing absolutely horrible, even in hydroton. I guess I will just have to try again next year in the spring. I read that it's finnicky and slow to root anyway, so at least it's probably not anything personal. Ha.

I went outside today because we're supposedly to have tornado-like conditions here in Philadelphia. I tried to pin down and cover everything I could, but I could not resist taking a peek at the non-Joni cuttings. They all had roots! I am just tickled pink. Even the fast-becoming-a-favorite-H.fungii is rooting quite nicely. I haven't lost one cutting put into the buckets...I think this will continue next year. :)

Tomorrow, I will take pics. I hope they don't tip over.

A.

This week hasn't been the most fortuitous. I have:

- had the worst stomach pain of my life. I hope that is not like childbirth or I may have to tell my BF that it won't ever happen. I vomited and was in the bathroom all day. I think it was food poisoning.
- my dog saw a dog, got out of his leash and attacked another dog. I was not a happy camper.
- I got pissed off on my birthday.

So, yeah. Onto the plants. I wasn't around all week, so I was definitely anxious to see how they were. Luckily only one plant (it's actually a cutting - H. multiflora) is not doing so hot. The tub of cuttings was flooded (Philly got lots of rain during the week...Jersey did too) and some of the stems got bent. Otherwise, everything looks great!

H. pubicalyx 'Red Buttons' had a bent stem. So, I cut it and divided it. This piece is definitely rooted.

This is the top portion. It has crazy aerial roots, so it should root just fine.

Onto the next one. I ordered some hydroton for H. multiflora. It's soaking in a solution of water and superthrive.

H. multiflora really suffered. Look at its yellow leaves. :(

All potted up. I didn't have a big enough container, so that explains my setup. I hope it roots! 

So, this is where we stand with the cuttings:


From Joni (mystery bundle): 

H. elliptica EPC-641

H. leytensis

H. cv 'Mathilde'

H. lacunosa 'Thai Clone'

H. pubicalyx 'Red Buttons'

H. limoniaca

H. myrmecopa

From Ebay:

H. lobbii (red flowers)

H. fischeriana (bonus) [YAY! It rooted! It resisted a good healthy tug and I could see white roots out of the node. I thought this was a goner.]

H. macgillivrayi IML-015 (bonus) [this one seems to have a root out of the first node. I will check it next week]

H. fungi typical form

H. fungi broad form [this one seems to have a root coming in. I dug the cutting in further and will check it next week]
H. multiflora IML-153 (2)

H. mindorensis IML-1776

H. villosa IML-1663 (?)

I am very happy with how these ended up. Even if I lose two or three, that's a fabulous ratio of life:death.

I had to bring some of the Hoyas in today to prop them up:

Excuse the quality. I had to crop my heinously messy background. She lost a few leaves but grew them back in spades.

BAM. Look at that gorgeous new leaf.

I am pretty sure. H. sp 910307 hasn't grown one iota, but look at those leaves. Love.

  Here is proof that some of my plants thrived in my hothouse of an apartment: 

Flo^2. Luckily, her crown of leaves isn't completely drooped like Flora had.

Jazzy had one point of new growth when I left on Saturday. This was it...

BAM. She must have needed the constant humidity to grow from more points. Just when I think she is done with the new growth and flowers...

This snazzy fellow from Violet Barn had this bud when I left. Not quite as developed - so I was shocked when I saw him! He is supposed to have a white-throat bloom. I cannot wait!

My AC gang. They hang out on top of my AC and get the best sun.

Charlie is still blooming on several runners. Such cute blooms.

Just real quick.

Coral is trying to bloom again. :)

The happy cuttings. They're all doing very well.

I am off until next Thursday!!!!!! After working so much, I will definitely be taking advantage of this. I won't be home until Wednesday, so the plants will have to do with what I give them tonight. Grow grow grow, little ones!

2 more days.

So, I went outside to mist the jungle tents full of Hoya cuttings. Here's how they stand now, one week later:

Green = successfully rooted/good aerial roots which are turning into roots.
Bold black = not rooted yet but still healthy looking
Red = not doing anything and doesn't look good

From Joni (mystery bundle): 

H. elliptica EPC-641

H. leytensis

H. cv 'Mathilde'

H. lacunosa 'Thai Clone'

H. pubicalyx 'Red Buttons'

H. limoniaca

H. myrmecopa

From Ebay:

H. lobbii (red flowers)

H. fischeriana (bonus)

H. macgillivrayi (bonus)

H. fungi typical form

H. fungi broad form
H. multiflora (2)

H. mindorensis

H. villosa (?)

H. mindorensis is already dead. Someone tipped over my pot and that was all she wrote. H. fischeriana is a very thin stemmed Hoya, and is not doing well in the tent. I might transfer it to Hydroton next week.  Otherwise, I am very, very impressed with the rate at which Joni's cuttings rooted. It might be because they are so much smaller than the other cuttings. I'm praying to the Hoya Gods that H. fungii broad form and H. multiflora root, if I had to choose two. They have such compelling leaves and growth habits respectively. Of course, I'm hoping I have all of the rest root! 

H. nicholsoniae has those weird beads of fungus that Chaka got. I haven't watered it in a bit, but I guess the recent rains have started that off. I might wrap the pot in a bag to let it dry out. 

That's it for now. I think. Heh.

OT - LOL!

I am a big fan of personality tests. Ever since I was 13 (almost 11 years!!), I've been testing.

This is funny because I usually have stable test results. I took a temperament test today that I usually test Choleric on. Guess what I got?

LOL.

Hail to you who is Choleric!

The firm control when others ar losing theirs. The cut of decision for foggy minds. The grip of leadership to head us to the good. The willingness to take a chance in a doubtful situation. The confidence to hold true in the face of ridicule. The independence to stand alone and be counted. The road map to life when we've gone astray. The urge to "take arms against a sea of troubles by opposing them."

Here is how you rock:
You are a born leader, strong willed, active, dynamic, decisive, not easily discouraged, unemotional, independent, self-sufficent, confident, with a compulsive need for change & to correct wrongs, and you can run anything. At work you are goal oriented, you see the whole picture, seek practical solutions, quickly move into action, delegate, organize well, insist on production, stimulate activity and thrive on opposition. As a friend, you have less need for friends than other temperments. You'll work for group activity, lead, organize, and you excell in emergencies. You are usually right.

Here is how you suck:
First of all you don't think there is anything wrong with you. You think you are always right, so you can't be wrong. You'll probably think the following aren't even weaknesses. You are impatient, impetuous, inflexible, unsympathetic, bossy, quick tempered, dominating, and too busy. You can't relax, you won't let others relax, you like to argue, you won't give up when you are losing, you won't admit you are wrong, and basically you come on too strong. In the workplace, you have little tolerance for mistakes, you don't compliment others instead you are rude and tactless, you make rash decisions by glossing over details (unless you have a melancholly edge to you), you are manipulative & demanding. As a friend you tend to use people, dominate, decide for others, know everything, think you can do everything better than everyone else, be unapologetic, and be too independent.

But seriously, you are freaking awesome.

LOLOLOLOL I can't be that bad, right? Hahahaha.

Okay, sorry. I was having a moment. Back to plants.

Oh na na.

Hoya business: 

I'm pretty sure all of Joni's cuttings are working on rooting. That is, unless the rain this morning was too much for them. (They're enclosed in a bag with a hole for ventilation.

H. macgillivrayi (a bonus cutting from CB) looks like it will pull through. I lost one cutting (H. mindorensis) because someone )#(#U&(@ing knocked over my pot and it was out in a hot bag without anything to do for a whole day. H. multiflora (both cuttings) will be in water until I get my hydroton and can transfer them. According to other growers, it's very fickle. -_-

Other business: 
 
Queen Anne the Pothos is happily throwing out new growth in her cup full of water. I'm glad I pulled her out of there before she died in that crappy store soil it came in.

Oh yeah! I was watering Bernie, and I picked up his pot. I see something hanging out...something like a root. I pull it, and it moves. I am skeeved out. It was a worm! I unpotted him (his roots looks great!) and took the worm out. I'm calling him Waldo.

H. pottsii sp. 'Chiang Mai' is getting weird markings on its tips. It might not like being on the top level of the greenhouse.

I have to go to bed.