This video was helpful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNfhf3Q5Ui4 Sounds like you were right about cool temps, Shelley. I'll be moving it out of the mini greenhouse and will just put it in my kitchen window where the temperature is a bit cooler. :)

What does your indoor mini green house look like? Sounds interesting.

It's a (somewhat unsightly) work in progress...I am going to drill some holes in the bottom part of the frame in the back to allow light and fan wires to be hidden a bit better. I will also be repositioning the light that is currently on top to hang inside so everything is much more tidy and neat...at least when the doors are closed. :)

Thats pretty cool! I might need to do something like that to keep the stupid rodents from messing with my plants outside!

Ah, that's quite annoying that they mess with plants! This little greenhouse would definitely keep them out. Are they nibbling leaves on your hoyas?

I had a few succulents on the back porch that some fledgling magpies decided to peck at a couple of months ago. My dog considers himself King of the backyard and very eagerly chased them away. I think they learned their lesson (about the dog and/or that succulents aren't very tasty) and they have not bothered my outdoor plants since.

They do more than nibble on leaves! They will completely desecrate the poor thing. They chew entire vines off and also eat the leaves leaving a bare vine that soon dies.

They also like to eat new growth anytime it appears which stunts the plant and keeps it from growing!

I got a royal flush lacunosa and they completely killed it! All of my important plants are now under the carport.

How bizarre! I assumed that nothing / almost nothing would like eating hoyas because of the white sap...what a bummer. :(

Thanks for the video link Greenhouse! I just love Doug :-)...the video was very helpful and very encouraging....I can't wait to end up with a hoya as beautiful as Doug's (as if)....Meanwhile, with the horrendous heat and humidity we've been having here in Pa. there is no cooler place to put my plant; I'll just have to wait for Fall....

i have a rotundiflora. it's annoying.

i really don't know what it likes. i can water it and it'll drop a leaf - baby ones that are trying to form.

i looked at the soil it came in, and it was bone dry. it was never getting any water. yet, it still grew and dropped leaves. so, i soaked it in some water and fed it. it dropped a leaf that was forming AND is still growing others.

as for weather, i don't often run the a/c (don't like it so much) so my place can get warm (which i like) and slightly humid. it still grew AND aborted leaves.

it's grown in bright light w/o sun and bright light with a couple of hours of afternoon sun. still grew AND aborted leaves.

rotundiflora is a mystery to me. i just leave it alone and water when I feel like it and leave it at that. it shows no sign of dying; it just put out two stems with 4 leaves, 2 of which have aborted. lol. it's just stubborn and weird.

it's in its own little world.

Haha! Thanks for sharing your experience, it's good to know I'm not the only one feeling a little mystified by rotundiflora. Since taking it out of the greenhouse no other baby leaves have turned yellow or fallen off, so I'm hoping it likes the new habitat in the kitchen window. :)

My rotundiflora has been growing ok for a long while, then it ended up in the far corner of the plant stand and neglected for a few weeks, and it died. It's not one you can ignore for too long, like many other Hoas. It makes relatively small amount of roots, which calls for a very small pot - and that means it will dry out fast - except it does not like to dry out. So, it's a conundrum. Because of this, I think semi-hydro will work well - because it provides nice even moisture in the roots.

It's a cool grower, so it may sulk in the heat of summer.

My rotundiflora has lots of roots (rootbound right now in 4 inch pot). It also grows quite fast for me. I water it weekly, so it never fully dries out. It is also in a fast draining potting medium (soil free, orchid bark/perlite and hydroton balls), so it doesn't sit in water too long.

I tried semi-hydro for it, once; it doesn't seem to like wet feet. That being said, my climate is quite humid for 9 months out of the year, and different climates call for different care.

Mine will need to be repotted soon.

Aurora, is there just one rooted cutting in that rootbound 4-inch pot? That's quite impressive if there's only one. Mine never grew a lot of roots and looked all dainty and minute, being one rooted cutting in a 2-inch pot. Seems like you have a nice robust plant there.

Yes. Just one. The cutting I am rooting for a friend also has plenty of roots.

My plant (it was larger, but many cuttings were taken and sold/shared over the summer):

Top roots exposed (potting media is older and breaking down):

Roots coming out bottom:

Nice, healthy, long, root system:

The cutting I rooted for a friend (2 inch pot, being repotted today):