That sounds close to the sphagnum moss method and I can affirm that method works very well. Don't worry about rot unless you see it, no need to open the container unless you want to check up on the cuttings progress. When I root my cuttings I seal them up and forget about them except to peak in every now and then. I always wait for new growth to get a good start before I acclimate the cuttings to the standard room humidity.

I think you will have good success with your perlite method.

Mike

I found that the best way to rot hoya cutting is to put them in a small pot with potting mix and perlite. To put the pot in a box with a glass cover and to add light. Any aquarium light system will be good.Spray water every day to keep the humidity near 100% and you will notice new growth in one month.
Till now i have 99% success with this method more then 200 cuttings.

Sounds good guys and thanks~

In the past I just put the cutting into a 4 oz solo cup with my soil mix (soil, perlite and bark). I did it that way instead of in water, I read some have trouble with the transition.

Although I have 100% sucess doing them in the soil, I find it very hard to keep moist. I don't have room for a bunch of little solo cups in bags sitting around (my space is being over run with hoyas).

Like I said, it's been 4 days, and so far nothing but good.

If this works, I will be able to do 20 at a time. . . OMG, I see trouble up ahead. . . lol.

Thanks for the input, and wish me luck!

Maid~

I think it will work fine. I would probably remove the lid every couple of days just to let some fresh air in. I've got one of the aquarium setups and sometimes, I just stick cuttings down into the grid to hang down in the water next to the aquarium water heater. Wow, do they produce roots fast this way! When I plant them in soil, I put them back into the aquarium in hopes that they adapt with the water roots and it seems to work.

Denise in Omaha

Denise, That's what I was kind of concerned about, the water roots. I was thinking, after they root, I may take out the perlite and put soil in for them to get established in, leave then there until I see new growth and then pot them up.

Sounds like a lot of steps huh?

I was checking on them earlier today, and there is already small white roots.

This is just an experiment w/ these cuttings that were destine to be dust in no time, so if it goes well I can use it on other ones in the future.

Do you guys find that the thinner hoyas (polyneura, lucanosa etc) don't take to this method as well?

Just curious,
TYhanks,
Maid~

I've heard of people rooting in just wet perlite and I thing the roots you get are probablycomparable to soil roots, so don't worry about an adjustment. This sounds like a good way to root stressed cuttings. I think you'll have great results.

Denise in Omaha

I have a friend who's a Begonia specialist, but grows ALL kinds of houseplants & succulents. She often roots cuttings in moist perlite, & when she's shared them w/ me, I leave a bit of the perlite clump that remains on the roots, after I shake it off a bit. Then I pot it up in regular mix.