Here is a photo of it.

Tlbean's idea sounds good too...I've done this also

Air circulation is best...Is there a way you can place a "wick" in the center hole in the pot? Maybe this will wick the water out a little faster? I've used yarn or rope that's not too thick and it worked great....Good luck

I would love to take it out of the pot but there must be about 20 cuttings in it. I don't know if I could put it all back in "one piece" once it's dried out a bit. I have stuffed paper towels around the edges and put a folded towel under the pot and elevated it. I'm on the second towel already.

Should I still unpot it and possibly make several pots out of the plant?

I would keep up with the paper towels and the towel under it. If you have a small fan that you could turn on low for air circulation that would help also. I like you, I believe it would be very hard to get out of the pot and back in again.

What about putting it in your bathroom with the heater cranked and a fan going? (The things we will do for our Hoyas...)

Monica, it will probably come out in one piece if you take it out of the pot gently.

Use something to push through the holes at the bottom and then gently pull on some of the stems to lift it out of the pot. The roots should be all tangled up

and that should help hold the soil together. Just be gentle since it is wet.

You could also just tip the pot over onto something and slowly pull the pot off

leaving the root ball up and the foliage facing down. Then place the towel on top

of the soil mass.

Also, was that another clearance find?

Monica,

I would really suggest you think twice abt bug spraying indoor plants, especially in Winter when threat of bugs seems less likely. I think bug spray on soaking wet plants will only exacerbate things & increase the likelihood of problems.

Since it's most unlikely to be all one plant, it shouldn't really matter how you put it back in. TLBean is likely right that on unpotting it, you'll find it's a whole lot of somewhat rooted cuttings.

So I'd unpot it all over newspapers & let it dry out. Personally if it were mine (definitely no bug spray) I'd take the whole thing apart, then you can really inspect the root situation, remove any damaged bits & repot in other mix whose moisture will likely be much easier to control.

Best of luck,

Lena

Beautiful plant. Good luck!!

Thank you. I haven't sprayed it with anything (yet). I'll see how it looks. I had some spider mites on 5 citrus trees. So I'm extremely nervous of critters on the plants. I used BATS on my Hoyas and a couple other house plants. I watered them all outside. It was in the 60's on Sunday so they stayed outside until all the foliage was dry. Also all my plants are in rooms my dogs and son are not allowed to be in (formal living and dining room). The new plant is in a spare bedroom in front of northeast facing french doors.

tlbean - no special deal on this one. $14.95 at Lowes but it looked like they just received it and it's so full (I can barely see any soil in the pot) I couldn't resist. This one is so much bigger than my other Rubra.

I keep changing the paper towels stuffed into the edges of the pot and bottom holes as well as having it elevated. Our heat wasn't working today so I placed the plant stand on the vent (with a towel under the pot) for about an hour.

I'll check it in the morning to see how damp it still seems. If I continue getting wet paper towels I will pull it out of the pot.

Thanks everyone for the great advice.