First off, welcome to the forum!! We are nice peoples!

Secondly, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your globulosa is not globulosa! It's an imposter!

Hoya globulosa looks like this:

I cannot tell from your pic what you have, but a good close up of the leaves can help!

For archie, heat is also important (I feel you on the whole winter sulking thing archie's got going)! I have mine on a heat mat, as insurance! Mine also seems to be a hungry beast, like my eriostemmas and H. imperialis. I add a wee bit of garden lime to my mix, and feed archie at 1/2 strength with each watering.

Beautiful hoyas! Love your obovata :D Don't worry about the kerrii peduncle, it's biding it's time waiting until you have forgotten about it them bam! flowers! Maybe...

I killed my curtisii :(

welcome to the hoya forum. you have a good start on what looks like it may be an addiction. your plants look very nice, keep it up.

aurorawa, is globulosa a colder loving hoya? I found someone who sells cuttings to my state (finally) and he has it on the list of colder loving hoyas.

Welcome! I love that obovata too! I need one of those!

Hi there! Welcome!

Yes, but keep it dry as possible in the winter. Seriously, don't water util the ENTIRE plant is bone dry, all the way to the bottom of the pot. Repeat. Also, I dare not let mine get below 50F, just in case. Water every 7-10 days, in the summer.

The problem is knowing if you have the real globulosa, or if it is villosa (which comes from Vietnam, a vastly different climate; villosa would be unhappy in cool weather).

aurorawa, thanks for the heads up! kinda embarrassing since I normally research any plant before I buy it. XD I'll pot a pic as soon as I can to see if we can clear this up. If I figure it out, I should probably let the nursery know it's mislabeled.

And thanks everyone else! I really love the obovata too, the foliage is amazing!

triffidmoss, yeah I'm sure it's gonna throw some out when I least expect it. I was afraid to kill my curtisii too, overwatering, but it seems to do okay. I grow my plants either at my bedroom windowsill (where they are now), or outside under the house's eaves. I'm like 60% sure they could handle our winters (mid 30F rarely), but I keep em inside anyways. Any idea how yours died?

Also, I plan on buying a few hoya off ebay from ricnfl, and I may get a cutting or two, aside from hopefully the potted retusa. Im looking at merillii, ilagioram, and possibly meridithii. So i've never rooted hoya before, and I'm a bit hesitant just because cuttings can be a bit pricey. (I do wanna say I've been fortunate to get my established hanging hoya almost all for less than $20 a pop) I have no qualms about his plant quality, just my lack of better judgement with hoya cuttings. Any tips, suggestions, etc.?

Edit:

Looking at the plant now, it looks an awful lot like obovata, i always confused the 2 if I didn't look at the tag. hahaha

At the time of purchase, I blindly took to the tag, and bought it. It probably had some kinda stress going on and produced non-flecked leaves. But the newest leaves are very much like obovata.

Looks like obovata.

Rooting cuttings is pretty simple. Biggest things are not to over-water, keep in a warm location, and if sad, bag up!

To clarify, here is how I root (your method will/may vary, depending on your individual microclimate- the climate in your house):

-Soak potting media overnight. Rinse potting media well, the following morning. (I use 1/4 inch orchiata bark, #3 perlite, and 1/4 inch LECA, all equal ratios).

-Place media in pot (3 inch pots are great, for most cuttings). Place any support the cutting may need into pot (bamboo, wooden stake, metal trellis, etc.) Place cutting in pot, making sure rooting tip is snug in the media. Clip/tie to the support. Water cutting ONCE.

-If cutting is droopy or looks dehydrated, bag or box up! Place cutting, pot and all, into a clear rubbermaid. Mist lightly. Close lid. Every two days, air cutting out for an hour or four. Mist lightly. Close lid. Continue until cutting is happy and/or rooted. Same with clear plastic bag, but blow air into bag before closing.

-Check cutting for rooting by using the tug test. About a week and a half into the rooting process, most cuttings will have some roots forming. Unclip the cutting from the support and gently tug it. If there is resistance, you have roots! Clip back to support. If you accidentally tug the plant too hard (roots or no roots), and have removed it from the media, take the support out, remove all but 1 inch of the media from the pot, gently place the cutting into the pot, and refill the media around the cutting. Place support back in, and clip up.

-Once rooted, species and climate dependent, resume your normal watering schedule.

Tips: **You can make your own homemade rooting hormone:

-Boil a gallon of water.

-Let cool to where it is *just* tolerable to touch (if you have a cand thermometer, temp should read 110F-115F)

-Add up to a quarter cup of honey (I use 3 tablespoons). Stir well. (Honey has antifungal/antiseptic properties)

-Add 2 UNCOATED baby aspirin to the honey water. Let dissolve. (Aspirin contains the same ingredient as rooting hormone)

-Once water has cooled to room temp, you can use it to water your cuttings, as a rooting hormone.

**Bottom heat helps! A plant or reptile heat mat, or even just placing your potted cuttings on a warm surface, such as the top of your fridge, will aid in rooting.

**Watch for signs of rot. -If the leaves closest to the potting mix are turning yellow (or mottled yellow/ dark brown/black), immediately remove the cutting from the media. Check the root stem. Is it also yellow (or mottled yellow/ dark brown/black)? Is it squishy? Does it look like it is peeling like an onion? Those are all signs of rot. If you experience the signs, cut the cutting with sterile plant clippers, back to healthy tissue. If you have to make more than one cut, sterilize clippers between each cut. Healthy tissue will be green (or woody) on the outside, with the inner tissue being green and exuding either clear or white sap. (There are a couple of hoyas that do not have sap, but most do).

**Read this, for more vendors:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3448522/an-fyibest-vendors-for-hoyas

**Read these, for general growing info:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3907606/pubicalyx-project

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4100313/why-do-some-hoya-lovers-get-rid-of-plants-to-make-room-for-new-hoyas

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3720304/is-this-mealybug-damage

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4115272/quarantine

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3790795/hoya-mystery-ailment-help

Wow, thanks for the advice and the links! I just got paid, so may splurge on some hoya and possibly dischidia. Any words of wisdom for those? I don't currently own any. Again, thanks for all the help!

Christian, I know how I killed my curtisii. I was so scared to overwater that I underwatered... lol.I'll try again next time I find one. I have been too scared to buy cuttings so I have been practicing on my plants. So far I've rooted pachyclada, polyneura and cumingiana. I'm tempted to start taking cuttings of bella next because my plant is channeling it's inner Sideshow Bob and taking up so much space!

I thought your globulosa looked obovaterish to me but I'm still learning. Most of the ones I see are low on spots, it's your splashy one that is a stand out. I have both, but my splashy one is still a baby.

splashy obo

My normal obo

oooh, okay, so my hoya labelled obovata is probably the splash one, and the "globulosa" is the standard obovata. okay, cool! XD

And your obovata looks awesome trellised like that. And idl where you're based, but I'd eventually just shoot a cutting of curtisii for you. but i'm kinda scared to do that. I just recently started shipping plant material to a friend: orchids, tropical pitcher plants, and butterworts. Afraid to improperly pack the plant material and it end up dying in transit.

I'm in Aus, so a bit far away but thank you for the offer!

Welcome Christian! Dischidias are fairly easy to grow like Hoyas, so you should be okay with them. I've never grown orchids, but I LOVE CP's! I used to grow a few, and eventually, I got into Hoyas. I've been thinking about getting back into CP's, but I lack room right now lol. You have some beautiful plants!

Brad AKA Moonwolf

triffidmoss, that's too bad... But I bet you have access to some awesome plants there. A lot of nurseries that ship cool plants here to the US are out there!


Monica, thanks, they are quite addictive! And in the future, when I'm more comfortable with taking and rooting cuttings, I'd definitely be open to sending some cuttings your way.

Moonwolf, thank you! I have been looking around for dischidia, but no one seems to have them here. And awesome! What CP's do/did you grow? I have mainly neps, drosera/pygmies, and pings.

I was about to ask what a "CP" was but then you answered my question. My partner uses me as bait (because mosquito's can't resist me) to catch food for his nepenthes....

You're welcome, Christian! Sometimes, the big box stores carry Exotic Angel Dischidias. Just like Hoyas, they are hit or miss (or aren't labeled properly, but lately, they've been getting better at that). I used to grow/have (not all at once): VFTs, Sundews, a Butterwort (from Lowe's), a couple of Sarracenias (flava and purperea) and I think that is it. I've been thinking about trying a Nepenthes, but I lack the room. I grew them for a few years, then Hoyas took over lol.

Brad AKA Moonwolf

triffid, hahahaha that's some dedication.

moonwolf, I'm keeping an eye out for EA plants at home depot or lowes. I also look to the local nurseries. There is a nursery about 30 minutes north, they do specialize in begonia and hoya with some dischidia. My have a trip up there in the future.

But I feel that... room is a pain in the butt to get... I got a small 6x8 greenhouse, but it's difficult to keep up to par, it's not put down correctly (foundation), so it isn't moisture retentive, temp fluctuates with the outside, and it needs a shade cloth. Most of my important plants I grow inside. Gonna slowly move all my hoya outside to a partially shaded area.

Side note, the multiflora is dropping the blooms onto one of my pygmy sundew pots! (Drosera roseana) XD

Update: I bought the retusa and like 5 cuttings: krohniana, ilagiorium, merrillii, meredithii, and sp. NS 05-055. I have a small humidity dome, might get a seedling mat, and I have orchiata at the ready. XD