Kelly,

Mylo's quite the cutie! How old is he?

Denise

Kelly
Cute kitty, does he bother your hoyas?

Gabi
Impressive growth on your v. mac. I really love mine too, mine is growing at a good rate too. I ordered the solid mac, caudata(rooted) and cv. joy last week should be here tomorrow or Thursday from Awanda. From Asatica also ordered your cute little lyi, deykeae and palawanica. One from ebay verigated verticillata (queenphish). Pretty excited about these hoyas.

shanna

Nice purchases Shanna. You are really building up your collection! I'd love to see pics when you get them.

As for my Asiatica plants, they don't seem to grow! There is one new leaf on lyi (which I think is actually H. sp. Square), and none on the australis 'Rupicola' or the other australis. The caudata I got from them has done nothing, and since I love that plant so much I got one off Ebay from Fatplants recently. It's a very nice sized healthy plant. But I don't know why the plants from Asiatica don't grow! I finally changed the soil to my own, so we'll see if that helps. A few years ago, I got pachyclada from them, and it has grown tremendously (after I put it into my own mix)..so maybe that's the ticket. Good luck with yours.

Gabi

Gabi
Here's a pic of the one I got off of ebay labeled H. verigated verticillata

I'm curious as to why asatica's plants don't seem to grow? I have had quite a few that have just sat there for over 6 months (so I have developed patients within the last year). I also love caudata, I was admiring your picture of the new caudata you got off of ebay. I also have one caudata I got from smoley, it came with 3 leaves on two shorter vines, one leaf fell off in shipping and that vine is gone. The other two leaves seem to be doing ok, I wasn't happy with the size so I ordered another caudata from Awanda that is rooted. I believe the 2 other hoyas I got from her are cuttings but not sure. Hopefully my new caudata will be bigger than my first one.

Question about soil?... Is there different sizes of orchid bark? Can I just mix small cut orchid bark and perlite then leave what soil stays on the roots and call it good? I think I will change the soil when I get those little babbies in.

shanna

Shanna,

I can't see your pic since I'm at work, but I'm looking forward to seeing it when I get home.

About the soil, Asiatica is mostly or all coir (I believe), so if you mix in orchid bark and perlite, there will be no potting soil...not saying that's a bad thing, but I'm not used to that. When I repotted the ones from Asiatica, I left whatever coir stayed on the roots, and filled the rest of the pot with my mix....I didn't dare try to pull the coir off. The pachyclada that I've had for awhile is doing great, so I know there is no problem if you do it that way.

Gabi

Gabi
What do you think of carol's soil mix? Did you repot your hoyas from her? I have left them in her mix but did have to repot some of the second order I got b/c a few of them had leaves that were turning yellow, changing the mix did help THANK GOD!!! (as much money as I spend I sure didn't want to loose them). I need to take a weekend and repot what hoyas needed to be repotted either down in size or out of EA mix and into my own (which is not consistent, I don't think). I'm pretty sure my EA curtsii needs to be repotted, I can't take of the bottom saucer off b/c it is hanging and the water would drip on the floor but when I bought it I tried to take it off before I knew where I wanted to put it but I saw roots coming out the bottom....

I wouldn't have touched the roots either, sure as I did I would have doomed my pretty lil' plant.

I will post more pic's when the others come in.

shanna

Shanna,

No, I don't repot the hoyas from Carol. I like her mix, even though it dries out fast. I will repot them in my own mix when they need repotting.

As for your EA curtisii, I would definitely remove the saucer off any EA plant. I hang mine in my carpeted room, but I just water in the bathtub. It makes a huge difference to take off the saucer...I haven't lost a single EA plant since doing that. Just something to keep in mind - everytime I repotted an EA hoya into my own mix, it died or didn't thrive too well. So be careful. I've just learned to deal with the muddy soil (I make sure they are fully dry before watering).

I got an EA plant once with roots sticking out of the bottom..I just repotted it in a pot with the same diameter but a little deeper. I didn't change the soil...just put a layer of my own in the bottom to fill up the pot.

Gabi

Mylo Barkley Gunner III is about 10 months old. The photo was taken a couple of months ago. Mylo likes playing soccer in the hallway (although he tends to bump his head a lot...could account for the expression in the photo), wrestling, "doing hair" (he'll knead your head given the opportunity), announcing when he's going to use the litter box, playing with his "sister" Notorious Lil' Gi, and occasionally taking a bite out of a hoya. Fortunately hoyas are bitter, yet harmless, so damage is minor. For the most part he doesn't mess with them anymore unless one happens to be dangling in his face. Gigi on the other hand....

I've had mixed results with Asiatica plant growth - lyi has taken off, as has buotii. Davidcummingii has had modest growth. Caudata just put on a new leaf and I think anything else from there is standing still at the moment.

Shanna- get that bottom off of curtisii! I'm with Gabi- those bottoms are dangerous with that soil mix. I just took some serious cuttings from my curtisii. Purchased it a couple of months ago and the mix is STILL damp and I've not watered it once. Did make the mistake of setting the hanging pot flat rather than hanging it - probably limiting it's opportunity to dry. Looking very sad at the moment! Have read it's not the easiest to root. Hoping that's not true!

Kelly

I asked Barry at Asiatica about the mix, though I like that it is fast draining, what kind of nutrients could it possibly have? And maybe lack of them is why none of us are getting much growth. Of the four plants I got last year, two have gotten one leaf, another has gotten three, and dcummingii is the only one that got more than I could count, though I wouldn't say more than a handful. Two have bloomed, both dcummingii and an unknown pottsii/parasitica.

Barry said that he fed regularly, possibly with every watering, both the foliage and the pots, so I thought maybe that was the ticket for more growth, but I DO fertilize lightly with each watering - and still have not seen much in the way of results. I am thinking about repotting with a mix that contains a little more soil, the orchid bark, the perlite, styrafoam, and clay aggregate.

Your cat is adorable!! Great name with a cute little face to go with it...My pug would love him.

Kelly and Gabi.
Okay, I will take the bottom saucer off curtsii and also numm (EA)

Question-- If I water with VF-11 with every watering do I still need to be using something else? Fertilizer? Bloom booster etc? FYI - I haven't been.

Can you both post a pic of your lyi?

shanna

Shanna,

I only water with Eleanor's (with every watering). However, when I remember, I'll water with a bloom booster (usually a couple of times during the summer...maybe once a month IF I remember!). When I use the bloom booster, I do not use the Eleanor's.

But honestly, I really don't think you need anything other than Eleanor's - it's great stuff. I just use the bloom booster once in a while just to do something different.

Here's my H. lyi from Asiatica:

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Gabi

So that's your mix in the lyi and a smaller pot, what size?

thanks for posting the pic, it's so cute. ((So little of a plant for so much money.)) :-)

shanna

Shanna,

No, that's not my mix. It seems like it's coir, bark, and some perlite. That's the only one from Asiatica that I didn't repot yet (but will do it soon).

Not sure how big the pot is (that's the pot it came in).

Gabi

Ines,

It's not the coir they use, unless they're not feeding their plants. I've been using coir for a few years now and my Hoyas (and others...) are doing better than ever. A commercial grower who's a member of our local C&S club turned me on to coir, and what really impressed me was that he said it doesn't "break down" like regular potting mix. He did say you have to feed regularly because coir has no nutrients in it whatsoever. So I've always used VF-11 (and now and then SuperThrive) at every watering. You just have to commit to ALWAYS feeding. It's worth it, though, because I no longer have to repot, repot, repot every 6 months to a year...

Denise in Omaha

Gabi
I asked because the pots mine came in looked like an orchid pots (with the holes in the sides, 2 layers). My pots were 3 1/2" round.

Denise can you buy coir at Lowes?

shanna

Shanna, you should be able to buy coir at any pond store. Lowes might carry it, I know my local HD doesn't.

Gabi,
There was someone who just posted a picture of blooms of Square at epiforums, it sure is a cutie. Your lyi is adorable. I like the smaller leaved hoyas. Too bad they require more care than your ol' carnosa and pubicalyx does.

I just loved all the pictures. Lots of great ideas and very nice plants.

OK thanks Mentha

shanna

Denise I fertilize with a weak solution with every watering from April to October, and then maybe every month in the off season if I remember, so it isn't a hardship for me to do it. I would like to try coir, I will have to revisit the older threads where it is discussed in detail - I remember there is a really salty one that you should avoid. Where do you get it, if you don't mind my asking?

Jo, I love that you started this thread showing where you grow all of your hoyas. I love your hoya shelf. Do you know what you will do when all of them get huge?

Shanna, and Linda, I love seeing that others are willing to completely obscure their views out the window in the best interest of their beloved plants! Ha, sometimes I feel absolutely guilty that every window in my home is covered, but hey, we all have our priorities!

Denise, I am absolutely jealous of your greenhouse. I am jealous of your sun-room that you used to grow your hoyas in too, I don't have either, and just keep adding a hook, and a trellis, and a plant stand.......It is really starting to become "wall to wall".

Kelly, your hoyas look great, and Mylo is absolutely adorable!

Gabi, it looks like you are fast filling up your hoya spaces...your tables are positively overflowing with hoyas.

I took a few pictures, posting pictures here is new for me, so sorry everyone if they are too huge, too small, or just don't work.....

Sara

Here are some of my hanging hoyas, like you display yours Xuan...I am having a bit of fun now that I have figured out the photo option. Ha. I love the standing hangers you use Jo, but I am completely out of floor space...

S

Oh my gosh, Sara! You have some amazing hoyas! What kind of exposure are they getting? It looks like some of them are hanging sort of above window level - what's your experience with hoyas needing less light? I'm constantly wondering what I'm going to do when my guys "grow up" and I run out of window space.
Also - the hangers! Where did you get the cool metal chains that wrap around the pots and what appears to be wire maybe?
That linearis is amazing! I just received some cuttings and am keeping my fingers crossed!
This really is a great thread!
Kelly

Good Morning Kelly,

My hoyas get the gamut of exposure of full on west and south sun in the windows, to almost none for the ones that are above the fireplace against the wall. I do have huge picture windows, and have come to the conclusion for MY hoyas that all the direct sun that everyone seems to think that they need to bloom is just not the case.

My subquintuplinervis is literally growing in a corner, and it is the most faithful bloomer I have. (second picture from the bottom, green planter on the corner shelf.)

I think that they just bloom when they are ready. This year I have more blooms than I ever have before, and the weather here has been ODD!! Ha! Maybe it has to do with air pressure more than sun?

Kelly, I buy the package of chain at Walmart - something like 20 feet for $6, and it comes with "S" hooks. It is really easy to open the links with pliers, and just grab as much as you need, and pinch it off. The stuff that looks like wire, that I am hanging with is hemp cord. You can get that in any jewelry section. I like it because it makes a thinner hanger, and I just make them up really fast when I get a new plant, or find a new hanging space.

S

Sara, Lovely plants I especially like how you use the decorative pots, it really adds interest to the plants.

What is that really big leaf one in the third picture, I really like that one.

I'm also really glad I started this thread, it's lots of fun seeing how others display their Hoya and we can all get new ideas in the process.

And as for what I'll do when all my plants on the shelf grows well I'll deal with that when the time comes
HEY! I COULD ALWAYS USE ONE LESS PIECE OF FURNITURE! Jo

Sara

I don't think I am breathing I'm in such awe!!!! I would love to take a tour of your house except I don't think you could get me to leave. I am assuming the giant hoya is carnosa, in the white pedastole pot?

So I got a question for ya, does your hubby just let you put your hoyas anywhere? Holes in the celing, plant stand here and there? Mine wouldn't let me do the celing hanger so I got the wall hangers and he put those up for me (in a stud wall of course). Has it been hard finding plant stands and such? I noticed you have a lot. Do you usually find them on sale or just pay asking price when you find what you want. Thank you so much for posting the pictures and giving us some of your hanging ideas. What is the hoya in your 3rd picture? With your comment about the lighting
9which I'm glad Kelly asked about) your hoyas that are hanging high up, do you mine giving some insite on which hoyas you think do ok in less light. Do you mine telling me where you live and what your climate is like? I'm sorry I'm so full of questions.

Wanted to let everyone know I went to lowes last night, they had quite a few hoyas and also the hanger similar to the one Jo has pictured above(looks like a coat rack) with the four hooks at the top (didn't have the 4 middle hooks though) it was $29.99, not on sale yet. I am waiting for them to put there garden stuff on sale and then i'm gonna get to lowes as fast as my car will drive :-) Just wanted to let you all know b/c since JO posted that I have been running myself ragged looking on the net for one.

shanna

Shanna you know if you don't ask your husband for permission he can't tell you not to do it. I give up on asking my husbands permission years ago and it works great.
If I want something hung I just do it, most times he doesn't even notice or maybe he doesn't care but either way i get what I want.

Our Lowe's don't have that plant tree, you never know what you'll find at them. A few years ago I found a four armed green rack for hanging plants and thats where I got my portable greenhouse shelf that I use for rooting cuttings. Jo

Funny, thanks for the advice JO (can't tell were practically newly wed's, huh? 2 years) I plan just to do as you suggested.

shanna

Shanna, Jo said it before I could - I don't ask! Ha, EVER! Seriously, he has given up, I used to get comments about not needing another plant, but those have stopped. He used to count the hooks in the ceiling, but that has stopped too. I am very handy with a drill, dry-wall and stucco anchors, and I even have a masonry bit, as we live in a brick house, and sometimes I find myself drilling into the brick. eek.

Thank you for the compliments - sometimes I look around and think that it is just too much, esp. when I visit friends who don't grow plants...it is very clean and bright in houses where the windows are not covered up. Ha.

It really helps if you keep your hooks very close to the same color as the ceiling though.

You asked about my pots, stand and trellises - they are usually on sale, I spent lots of years bored with two toddlers haunting garage sales, estate sales, antique malls, junk stores...but hey, I also just spent about $70 on a tri-fold screen at Lowes. It really just depends on how lucky I am. I would definitely say that the accessories cost more than the plants.

The super large leaf hoya in the white metal stand is Hoya polystachya from Pekan in the Malay Peninsula. The one in the white pedestal pot is regular old carnosa - my first hoya, an estate sale purchase.

Sorry to be really unhelpful, but I have gotten to the point that my hoyas get put in a spot because it is open now, not so much because it is the most beneficial light wise...I have really relaxed about light, as I am finding that the Hoyas really do adapt to where they are, and as long as I don't over water them, they generally do really well. I hang them where they fit, and if I want to hang one pot under another, I raise up the first pot to a height that I like for the bottom one (if that makes any sense at all...) They still just chug away, happy.

Here is the folding screen. I do try to get deals when I can. It was $102.00, but since it was the last one, and the display, the manager of Lowes clearanced it to $65.00.

Here is the screen:

Here is my Hoya fusco-marginata (vitellina): It is growing on a 6 foot trellis (ala Home Depot)

Now, talk about cheap, my kerrii is growing on those green plastic garden stakes, but it seems to be doing well.

Sara

Sara
LOL, I need to go to walmart to get some hooks for my celing and also some hooks for the wall (I have some pic's i've been needing put up. Thanks for the celing hook tips I will make sure and get the same color as my celing.

Do you put your hoyas outside at all? About how long have you had your kerrii? It is big and beautiful, and it's trellis-whatever works.. right??. Kerrii has to be one of my favorite hoyas I just love the heart shaped leaves; besides one of my first hoyas (like your carnosa) and variegated macrophylla and now I have to get Hoya polystachya, by looking at your picture it will be at the top of my list. You have suggestions of which grower to purchase through? I have ordered from alot of different ones and been mostly satisfied.

I understand what you mean about going to other peoples houses that don't have plants and everything is clean and uncluttered. My house for the most part is pretty clean and uncluttered except the tables where my plants sit, I take all my plants off every couple weeks and clean the tables but as far as the cludder goes, that I can't get rid of! Too many plants on one table but I like it that way, makes me feel good to walk into my living room and be surrounded by my plants.

Seems like a good deal for the folded screen. Did you have to somehow hook the screen to the wall so it wouldn't fall over? Or is it sturdy enought for the weight you have on it. How many pots will it hold? I noticed you put like 3 smaller pots in one holder. I saw at lowes last night they had something very similar to that, it was a screen too and held 6 maybe 6" pots or so, forgot how much it was but I do know it wasn't on sale.

shanna

Shanna, the screen is a free standing piece, and you can really adjust it to fit where you want it to. It might be the same one that you saw, this one holds 6 (6-8) inch pots. Mine wasn't on sale either, until I asked someone to put it on sale. Ha!!

I live in Montana, so no, I never grow my hoyas outside. We just had a terrible ice storm Tuesday night, and lots of people lost their gardens, trees and power lines down...IT has even happened in August. Even in a perfect summer, it is too much work to move all of my hoyas outside for only 3 months.

My kerrii was my second hoya, and I just cant resist those. I keep buying them, and adding them to the pot, even though I have a huge one!! I have all these "rare" hoyas that seem so covetous, yet I just keep going back to the kerrii.

Please email me, and I will tell you about who I like for vendors. I think that it is good to try different places/people, and see what works for you.

Go for it - the hooks I mean. I never used to put any in, as I was so worried about finding a stud. Then I found out about anchors, and I put them anywhere I feel like. Ha. Not always a good thing, but hey, I am good at patching plaster too.

S

Hi Sara! I am glad to see you posting here. Thanks for the fusco-marginata picture especially, that plant is the mama of my little one...it is doing great, by the way, those big leaves are amazing, seems like they grow to that size overnight. Also cool to see the kanyakumariana pic, my little one is finally branching, I put it in a brighter spot as you suggested.

Picture number 8, the big dark round leafed plant on the right - is that obovata or something else?

Gosh, what I wouldn't give to be set loose in your house with some clippers. Everything looks nice, I understand what you all are saying about the clutter, but plant clutter to me is the most attractive kind. Of course anything could be overdone, but I'd much rather look at excess plants than say, a salt and pepper shaker collection, plaster busts of Elvis, or a few dozen cats...and other things that people collect!

Jen

Hi, since you are all showing your hoya places, I decided so post one of mine. It's mostly a "hoya kindergarden".

From the left: sansevierias, h. bella, dwarf orchid, h. cummingiana (at the back), h. hasseltii / sigillatis (in the middle), h. shepherdii (in the front), h. callistophylla (in the middle), h. australis, h. carnosa (hydroponic)

Oh, and I know how to post pics now, but I don't know how to make them smaller, so please don't be mad for the large file... :)

Sara

Sorry to hear about that awful storm and people loosing their gardens and trees. I don't blame you I won't put your precious hoyas outside either. I don't put mine outside because for one, I'm worried it's too windy and they will be knocked off (whatever I put them on)or beat to death if hanging. Also when I tried to set up a shelf outside hubby said I paid to much money for them to take a chance on the weather taking it's toll on my hoyas. I was a little dissappointed but I would be a nervous wreck at work wondering if they were doing ok or not. The weather here in Missouri changes all the time and the weather forcast is unpredectable. I also agree for just a few months it is so much work to move them in and out, the less you move them the less chance you take on accidently dropping one or something.

I think I have all varieties of kerrii except the fuzzy one, I had tried to get it but they didn't have it avaliable at the time.

I emailed you... If you didn't get it email me @ shnntacker@yahoo.com

Anchors I can do, plaster I'd have to confess to the hubby and he'd have to fix that, never done it before. I definately want to get some hooks. Can't wait to put one in, hang a plant on it and see if he notices. I may wait though because my father in law said he was building me some kind of plant thing and I am not sure how tall that's going to be or where i'm going to put it.

Jo
You mentioned when your hoyas get big you would worry about that when the time came and you could do with one less piece of furnature. Well, I agree! I am willing to move my recliner out of the living room and do a little rearranging to have some more window space for my liitle hoya beauties.

Jen
Can I go with you to Sara's house with the clippers? Pretty please!!! Just say when and where, Ha Ha

I'm with ya, plants are the most attractive clutter and serve more purpose than things like you mentioned above, they will never be anymore than what they were the day you bought them. At least plants can grow and you could trade or sell cuttings if you want.

shanna

Sara thanks for the name on that Polystachya, can you tell me where I might be able to find one?

I also sometimes think maybe I've overdone it when I see other peoples houses with no plants but they look so bear and besides I find my plants very relaxing and I truly injoy them so to me they earn their keep.
Thanks Sara for all your pictures I injoyed looking at them.

Shanna post pictures when you get some of your Hoya hanging.
I think my husband thinks it's a trade off, he doesn't get asked to install hooks etc and I get to do what I want. Jo

Selmun
What way does that window face? Looks good and sunny.

What photo software are you using? If your using photobucket like i do just choose the size you want from the dropdown box before you actually click to choose which files/pictures you want to download. Hope that made since. If not I will try to explain better.

shanna

Hi,
it's my eastern window. Ideal for the babies :) Only delicate morning sun.

I use photobucket. But I didn't mean changing the actual photo size (I do that in Photoshop) but making it smaller in the post here - just a miniature that you click on to enlarge in photobucket. I thought it's possible.

Here is a link that might be useful: Few of my hoyas (a new and incomplete gallery)

Hi Green971, I can't believe what I see...your home is a hoya heaven..I could ask tons of questions..
but I know I can't here..but if I could ask about the elephant planter, where did you get it..I love elephants...
and again your plants are fanastic...one more question how long have you been growing and how old are some of those plants there so huge...thank you sooooooooooo much for posting the great pics..this is a greattttt thread..
linda

ooops one more thing...Green971...if you ever give your plants (as I say) a haircut think of me, Please...thank you linda

hi all, everones hoya collections are beautiful. i got my 8 or 9 hoya cuttings in a trade in 06 and have lost some of them, down to 4 or 5 now. they just grow new length about 1-2 ft long with just a very wee leaf looking thing on stem. one start in each pot and want to make them get bushy. yours all look so healthy. i think mine need orchid soil and plant food. mine is in miracle grow potting mix and not seem to be doing to well. thanks for sharing on the displays. i got lots of ideas to use for ming. thanks

Sara,
I have that same pickle crock, it belonged to my great grandmother. I've been looking for something to put in it. I used to have pond plants in it, they did fine. I hate the thought of drilling through 2 in of clay. I must say I love your Rhipsalis/Hatioria, I've never seen one so long. What do you fed it to keep the segments from bursting? Mine drops stems right an left if it gets any length at all.

What is the little leaved guy on the elephant stand? I really like him.

Shanna,
I'd snag that plant hanger, if I were you. It is way worth more than $30, just because of utility. I would love to have a few more hangers like the one I have.

Kelly,
Milo reminds me a lot of my Ed. He's a b/w tuxedo, but has the same expression on his goofy face most al the time.

selmun,
I love the red & white matching pots. I love the old blue china dishes and try to find any I can, those pots have the same feel as the old china dishes.

Mentha, I have a pot inside the Red Wing crock, so that I don't have to pot anything directly in it. I could NEVER bring myself to drill a hole in them - yikes. That is cool that you have your grandma's pickle crock though. I spent a lot of years looking for them. I have a 4, 8, 15 gallon sizes, and a 3 gallon butter churn crock.

I think that the plant you are thinking is a rhipsalis is my linearis. Ha, you wouldn't believe how many times I would walk into a big box store and spot a rhipsalis and get really excited thinking that I had found liniaris, only to discover it wasn't. Ha. I don't have a rhipsalis though. Your porch is wonderful - I would love to sit out there with a cup of coffee, and the morning paper.

The small leafed hoya in the elephant planter is kanyakumariana, it is cute, and really different than a lot of the leaves out there. I tend to gravitate toward extremes - I like the really large, and the really small leafed hoyas.

Selmun, I LOVE your red and white planters! Those are the coolest.

Linda, the elephant planter was an estate sale purchase from back in 1995. I was in college, and let me tell you, the $20 I spent on that was our grocery money for the week. Ha. It is amazing that it made it through all the moves, and life changes.

If I do end up doing some "haircutting", Linda, I will definitely let you know. I will hopefully be getting some nice growth if the weather would just warm up! It is starting to get a little scary seeing as our high temps have only been in the 70's, and July is nearly upon us.

Sara

Beautiful photos everyone.
Green, your plants are super big. You have a your own jungle LOL. Great job!!!!

Gorgeous pix & set-ups everybody! I'm just swooning over that giant-leafed Hoya -- Pachyclada or Pentaphlebia? Definately going on my wish list whatever it is!!

That pic of Mylo is a an absolute riot, I think he's saying "what -- you can't mean you don't need my help w/ the Hoyas???"

Kelly -- I found Curtisii very easy rooting (not the fastest grower...), but I've rooted it easily in water, in mix & even mounted on bark, affixed w/ sewing thread, as long as I misted it every couple of days.

My recently found Numm appears to be EA, not labeled so, but looks & sized like their pots. Tho' it didn't seem to be in their strange mix, the first thing I did was remember Gabi's advice abt taking the saucer off the bottom. It was very hard to get off, I replaced 2/3 of the mix, & hang it off my kitchen cupbaords to water it, where it can drip freely into the sink. It seems really happy & continues to grow like mad!! That includes the 2 other pots of it I've made, along w/ my experimental pot growing in clay pellets & water!

This is a good thread, I really enjoy looking at everyone's display. I love all the plants you've got.

I grow most of my plants outside, in my "light house" or "shade house" (one covered with transparent plastic sheet on top and the other with dark colored plastic net). I only keep my African Violets and a few houseplants inside.

I do want to keep my big hoyas inside, by my kitchen window, but I just fear they might not grow as well as they would outside. Now that I see how good-looking Sara's (green971) plants are, maybe I will go ahead and keep them inside after they've done blooming.

Thanks ks_girl for starting such an interesting thread.

Xuan

Thanks ks_girl for starting this thread!!

Everyone's BEAUTIFUL arrangements have given me such great ideas.

Here are my newly appointed shelves in my dining/green-room. Hopefully it's not too "tacky," but since I don't rake in a six-figure income I can only afford the wire racks (lol).

Here's the left side of the room:

Here's the right side of the room:

The middle in front of the window:

And ... here's a "shelf" in my office in which I've utilized a small stool to house three good-sized plants by using a wrought-iron plant stand (sent to me by a lovely friend) to hold the curtisii, while my heuschkeliana hangs off the side, and sitting below is my variegated macrophylla.

I like being able to utilize the horizontal space in front of a window!!

Ann, I LOVE your hoya displays - I have a huge fetish for pots, and your planters are beautiful! I love how you have your stool displayed - I have the same curtisii from Exotic Angel, and it doesn't have those long "danglies" yet, mine is still in the canopy phase.

I think most of us don't lay claim to six figure incomes, I am happy raking in my three-figure income, and living in my hoya jungle!! As long as I can buy food, heat, and hoyas I don't need much. LOL - one of my best friends just got back from a cruise, I have to settle for Disney. Ha! Ha!

Is that vitellinoides on the top shelf of the second picture? I love that hoya!! The hoya next to it, is it a clandestina or polystachya? I love the big thick green leaves on that plant. Ha!

Ann
Love it all!!! I am quite fond of the black metal racks I don't think they look bad at all. As Sara said your planters are all very nice. Can I ask where you got your little 4 inch white hanging pots? YOu have quite the collection of hoyas there. I almost had my want list deplenished, only have 2 hoyas on there. Unfortunately now I have 6 more with 2 of them being duplicates. Will it ever go away? Nevermind don't answer!! It's frustrating not being able to spend as much money on plants as you want huh? I have spent alot lately, I need to just be happy for a while and chill out. I was going to go through my reciepts yesterday and see just exactly how many I have bought since spring but I think I really better not.

shanna

Ann
Very nice collection you have there and I also like the black shelves and have several myself.
It's also very easy to add a plant light under the shelves.
Our Target store puts them on sale quite often so i get mine than. Target has a lot lower price than Lowe's for them.
Jo