A few observations...

16 years ago

I love this time of year when everything is changing so fast that you can hardly keep up! My obscura is pumping out blooms like crazy...

I think I mentioned in a post that I had to chop my large macgillivrayii completely down this spring. I think it must have been the roots because so far, there are no signs of life with the old "stump." But the ones I rooted and potted up first are putting out strong new growth. Here's one...

I love the new bronze leaves on McG...

I took callistrophylla down yesterday for it's weekly VF-11 bath and watering and found that the buds I'd found the week or so before had aborted =( But I did see some new buds forming in the same place, and as a bonus, I found this one particularly gigantic leaf that had apparently been an explosion of growth...

And one more... I didn't get a photo yet, but cagyensis is one I've had for over a year. It rooted quickly but has never done anything but sit there and taunt me with it's very cool leaves. Seems like the more I wanted it to grow and see more of the beautiful leaves, the more stubborn it got! Anyway, the three node cutting now has a growth point at ALL THREE nodes! I'm so excited! When the growth is more obvious, I'll post a photo.

Denise in Omaha

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wrynsmom
16 years ago
Wow, Denise! Beautiful! And I can't wait to see pics of cagyensis. Another on my wish list. :)

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16 years ago
Denise, they all looks so happy! good growing.

Jan
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quinnfyre
16 years ago
Oh no! Now I really need callistophylla!

Obscura is adorable. Glad to hear macgillivrayii is doing well. Do you have cagayanensis, or fitchii formerly known as CFM-8 formerly known as cagayanensis? Just curious. I'm planning on getting both anyway.
puglvr1
16 years ago
Beautiful Denise...TFS!

Callistophylla leaves are really beautiful! I had to get this one also.
geosdee
16 years ago
Yep, callistophylla is a must have, those leaves are so hard, but they are beautiful.

Denise, did you find obscura to be a young bloomer or did it have to mature some.

Thanks,

Dee
mdahms1979
16 years ago
Denise that new callistophylla leaf is huge! The Hoya obscura is very cute, I swear one day I will get my darn plant to bloom.

I think Hoya pimenteliana is the accepted name of the white flowered, satiny leafed plant that was sold as Hoya cagayensis. My plant has impressive spurts of growth as well but I always seem to kill the vines when I try to get them under control and secured on their trellis, instead of everything else that is in reach. I may just give my plant more height/space and let it go wild.

Mike
Denise
Original Author
16 years ago
Dee - for me, obscura was an early bloomer. It became VERY potbound FAST, so I moved it to a huge pot. From about a 5" pot to a 12" pot. It took it about a year to settle in, and now it's growing and blooming profusely.

Mike - so is cagyensis not an accepted species? I like to think I have correct names, so I'm just wanting to know if I need to change my tag...

Denise in Omaha
quinnfyre
16 years ago
Here's what I read about cagayanensis. Apparently it used to be known as pimenteliana, and CFM-8 used to be known as cagayanensis. Then somewhere along the line they decided that was wrong, that CFM-8 (now known as fitchii) was NOT cagayanensis, and that pimenteliana was now an invalid name.

It's all confusing. But when you said it had cool looking leaves, I figured it was probably fitchii, as cagayanensis has smooth leaves, from what I've seen in pics, and fitchii has interesting looking veined leaves.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hoya cagayanensis
mdahms1979
16 years ago
Yes I was mistaken Quinn is right, Hoya cagayanensis is the proper name. The leaves are plain green but with a satin sheen and the flowers are white.

Mike
Denise
Original Author
16 years ago
Well, I'm glad we cleared that up, but now I realize I was using the wrong species name! Silly me... I got cagayanensis and deykeae from the same person, and even though they look NOTHING alike, I'm always mixing up the names! Cagayanensis has been a strong grower for me...

Deykeae is the one that's FINALLY starting to grow. Here it is before it started to grow...

This one has succulent leaves, very textured. The new leaves are growing fast, so I should be able to post a photo in a week or so where you can really see the new growth.

Denise in Omaha
wrynsmom
16 years ago
Very nice, Denise! H. dekeae is a fun one. So far, mine's not dead! hahaha

Oh, I'm gonna send you an email. :)

Carolyn
kellyknits
16 years ago
Congrats, Denise!