Thank you for the detailed advice, Denise! Good to know that hydroton is to be used without other additives. Can't wait for mine to arrive. So the net pots would work for it too?

Mima

And I just received my 3 cuttings of H. australis today, from Denise! Thank you! The hydroton is on its way... still, so I placed them in water with a bit of hormex. Hope it will help.

Good to see they arrived in good condition, Mima! And yes, I use the net pots with hydroton - they develop an outstanding root system...

You can see what I mean about having to cut the pot off the roots when it's time to move it up, but these pots are of a fairly light plastic, so it cuts easily. I use my favorite pair of pruning scissors and it's just a little bit of a tedious task.

Denise in Omaha

Mima, Thich part of diversfolia is where you plant. :) You can cut off some of the leaves on lacunosa to plant it firmly.

Denise, What plant do you have in net pot? The roots looks great!

Jan, you meant the thicker part of diversifolia? The one that has the leaves closer to its end?

Curtisii also has leaves very close to the bottom end. Could I cut a couple of those too?

Denise, aren't the roots sitting in water inside the mug/cup? Is this beneficial for them?

Mima,
Yes, on both questions.

So that's working only when rooting then? I thought the idea was to keep them off having wet feet. Or it depends on the type of hoya?

I just received the hydroton in the mail, yay!!

So, I want to pot a few cuttings up for rooting in hydroton. I don't have any net pots, so could I use some transparent containers instead? Would it better to be glass than plastic? Do I need the water to drain, or the hydroton to sit in a bit of water? I would also try some of the cuttings in water, and maybe one in perlite and bark. Not sure if something got into my coir when we moved and maybe the guys didn't pay much attention how and where they stored the bag, but the last couple of batches of seeds didn't make it. After a superb germination they practically started dying...

Any ideas about this? Thanks much for all the advice!

Mima

You can use a transparent container. It doesn't really matter glass or plastic. I don't use coir so I can't answer. :)

Thanks, Jan.

Jan, the one in the photo is lobbii.

Mima, yes they grow with some water in the reservoir all the time. They refer to it as "semi-hydro" for that reason. No it's not just for rooting. I have at least a dozen growing gangbusters this way.

Denise in Omaha

Denise, Does your lobbii flowered for you in semi hydro? if so, I am going to do mine. ;)

Jan, my lobbii flowered for me in 7.5 months from cutting. Not in semi-hydro though, but just in a very well draining mix (like, REALLY well-draining) - so this is actually pretty close to semi-hydro.

It's equal parts of fine pine bark, granite grit and coarse diatomaceous earth.

I do not know if H. lobbii is cool-growing maybe? Every time a Florida grower has trouble blooming something, especially if I have bloomed it, I immediately assume cooler-growing plant. Temperature tolerance guides say it's intermediate, but I saw one search result where Mike Dahms says it needs cool temps to form buds. Mike knows his stuff. So... maybe try it indoors where there is some air conditioning? Especially considering that people say it will bloom even in lower light - and there is much more consensus on this than on the cool vs intermediate question.

Where do you get course diatomaceous earth? I've had mine flowered many times but I sold some off. One I have is getting huge and sprawling so I want to chop it up any ways. I had it in a hanging basket but It takes up too much room. I am going to chop it up, Keep one sell the rest.

Oh, it sounded like you could not bloom yours, Jan. Glad you could. H. lobbii is a very rambly one for sure.

Coarse DE I get is this: http://goo.gl/ClZiUt.

And while we're at it, the granite grit I use is here: http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/manna-proreg%3B-poultry-grit-25-lb.

Congrats on the cuttings! They're all beautiful! My wish list for cuttings isn't large like it used to be, but here's what I'm on the hunt for.

cv. Mathilde (to make my smallish plant look larger-some of the leaves look brown (maybe sunburn?)

cv. Minibelle

Rebecca

pubicalyx Pink Silver and Royal Hawaiian Purple

cv. Sunrise

I'm hunting for lacunosa, too, but waiting until I go to Lowe's to find it.

Brad AKA Moonwolf