I checked the link and it works for me, but since it's in my area on Houzz, I'm not sure if it will work for others...

Denise in Omaha (again)

It's blank :(

Did you see the download link? Or it just goes to a blank page?

Denise in Omaha

Doesnt work for me either, just a generic document icon. : (

Dang... well, anyone who would like to see it can get in touch with me through this site and be sure to include your e-mail address so I can send you the PDF file. It's AWESOME!!

Denise in Omaha

Send it to me along with your latest cutting list when you get a chance please!

Thanks Denise. A really detailed 8 page article from 1979, obviously written by someone who knows hoyas. When you get to the bottom of the last page you see that Christine Burton helped with the article and was in the process of starting the Hoya Society. If you click through Denise's link, the download button is at the bottom left of the page.

Hi Jane. I guess you figured it out! Good girl! I still get excited about Hoyas when I read it, even after all these years!

Denise in Omaha

So cool thanks Denise

Thanks for sharing this, Denise! Great article with helpful info.

I haven't seen this article but it sounds like one by Loyce Andrews. I subscribed to HP&PG back then and the article was so interesting I cut it out and still have it in a folder. Loyce was a pioneer of hoyas, she grew them in pure vermiculite. I put a few hoyas in vermiculite as an experiment and lost them to rot.

If this is a different article and anyone wants a hard copy of Loyce's, I can copy in color and send for cost of printing and postage.

Nope, not the same article. Mine is from 1977 in Plants Alive magazine.

I figured out where the 'download' button was, very interesting article!!! It's vaguely familiar, but guess I didn't save it. But definitely going to print from the PDF.

Thanks!

Russ

Any way you can upload yours the same way, Russ? A couple years ago, I scanned it and saved it to my computer, but it made such a HUGE file, it was impossible to e-mail to anyone. This time, I converted it to PDF, which is much better.

Denise in Omaha

Hope Russ can upload the article for hoya newbies like me. After seeing pictures of the impressive hoya loyceandrewsiana I had imagined Loyce Andrews was a big man.

Hi Denise, I'm pretty challenged when it comes to manipulating things on a computer. I don't have a scanner and wouldn't know how to convert to a PDF.

If I sent you a hard copy, would you be able to do that? I copied the article once before, a couple of years ago for someone, and they came out better than the originals, especially the color pics.

I see my nearly 40 year old pages are starting to rapidly turn brownish, so I need to make a bunch of color copies before they get too dark, hopefully it's not too late. If we could get it as a permanent fixture online for future public reference and printing, that would be great. And I'm sure Loyce would smile from above.

I thought your mention of Edward Claflin's article on hoyas sounded familiar when I read you post yesterday, I found that original article along with a 2 inch high stack of other articles I cut out of HP&PG and Plants Alive a few years ago. Also have a few pristine, entire mags of Houseplants and Porch Gardens that were so full of good articles that I just left them intact. All this old info and pics from those days are a treasure to me.

Let me know if I can send you a color copy of the article, and I'll put it in the mail in a few days.

Jane2016, Loyce was a woman, I don't recall the year I heard that she had passed, but it wasn't too awfully long ago. Then again, the years are passing faster now.

Russ

Russ, I don't see an e-mail link on your member page, so go to mine and e-mail me your e-mail address. (OMG, that's 3 "e-mails" in one sentence!! LOL!) I'd be happy to convert it and post it.

I moved about 13 times in 11 years back in the day (my ex was in the military) and I cut out articles on HP&PG and salvaged them. Then a few years ago, I went online and found someone selling 2 years of the magazines intact for about $50 and I snatched them up. I've been enjoying them all over again!!

Denise in Omaha

Denise, message sent. I spent 21 years in the Air Force, and another 19 with US Postal Service. I dragged a lot of plants from base to base.

Coming across those 2 yrs of HPPG mags was like hitting the lottery! In addition to all the great plant articles, it's cool to see the old advertisements and unbelievably cheap prices for products.

I'll try to figure out how to put the email link on my member page.

Russ

Thanks for posting this!