Gee, maybe not so lucky me after reading through the bella thread. When I grew bella back in the 70's the leaves seemed to have more substance then the leaves of the plant I got the cuttings from. This plant was the picture of health with stems at least 2-3 feet long but the leaves seemed somewhat thinner then the one I previously had. Are there different strains of this Hoya?. In any case I bit the bullet and cut all the cuttings in half. Half I'm rooting in water and the other half are in sterilized moistened chicken grit. I've had good luck rooting other things in chicken grit, so we'll see how it goes.

Annette

Hi, Annette I am not sure if there are different clones but a very nice person from this forum sent me some cutting back in Sept 07. I put half of the cuttings in soil and the rest in water and the ones in water started to rot so i had to cut them in half and root them in the pot with the other ones. They are all now rooted and doing well. One of the cutting now even has a peduncle forming.
I hope you have as much luck as I did.Good luck.
Cindy