Hoya Incurvula Brevialata

This plant has done really well since I bought it.  I think I bought it in 2009 or 2010 from either Lowes or Meijers.  It is currently blooming.  I tend to forget to water this guy for a long time and he doesn't care, he still grows and blooms.  I love the way the pic of the bloom came out, it almost looks fake.  It is hard to believe this pic came from an old Dimage A200 camera.  This plant is an Exotic Angel plant and I haven't removed it from their soil as many people do.  I guess my lack of watering tends to make it okay for the Exotic Angel soil.  As a matter of fact, I have not replanted any of my Exotic Angel plants, even Hoya Linearis.

Hoya Imperialis var Rauschii

This plant is one of the fastest growing hoyas I have. I got this one in 2010 from Joni at SRQHoyas. I used to have a pink Imperialis but it lost all it's leaves and died for some reason. I also have mosaic but it only has 2 leaves and it is showing some new growth. I let these plants sit out when it rains and they seem to love it.

Hoya Polystachya iml 1410

I love this hoya.  If the house would burn down this would probably be one of the hoyas that I would have to take with me.  The leaves on the bottom of the plant are huge and bigger than my hands.  I bought it from a seller on ebay by the seller name of dmichael.  I just saw some posts by him on Gardenweb where he shows his greenhouse and shadehouse.  I hope to have a set up like that one day.

I recently replanted this guy into a bigger pot because he was just so top heavy and he kept falling down.  This plant seems easy to care for.  I have been watering him when dry and alternating the watering with beer fertilizer and fish emulsion.  In the winter this plant seems to stop growing but as soon as the days started getting longer he started putting on some new growth.  The leaves start out a lovely burgundy color.  I looked for this plant for a long time and finally won an auction on ebay.  I think Joni at SRQHoyas may have this plant in her collection but I think she calls it Hoya Latifolia 1410.  I don't understand why it is so hard to come by because it is an easy plant but I don't know how easy it is to propagate.

Welcome to my hoya blog...

I have wanted to start a blog about my hoyas for a long time but never had the time to do it.  I don't know what it is about these plants but i love them and can't stop buying them.  My husband just doesn't get it but he should because he has a comic book collection stored away in the spare bedroom.  I have only had a few of the hoyas bloom for me so far but I didn't start giving them fertilizer until just recently and in the winter I am awful about watering them.  I have to take each shelf of hoyas and drag them to the bathtub and that takes some time so I tend to skimp.  In the summer I put most of the hoyas and houseplants outside so they get humidity, rainwater, and then my occasional watering and it makes them extremely happy.

So I start my blog with Hoya Macgillivrayi "Lockhart River".  I got this hoya from Joni at SRQHoyas in September of 2009.  It is a big plant but it would probably be bigger if I would have started fertilizing it more often and given it more water in the winter.  I have been trying out the beer fertilizer recipe and it seems to be working so far.  I have also been trying out fish emulsion, seaweed extract, and Superthrive.