Its getting really hot here in south tx. Greenhouse was 110° yikes. There is good airflow though. Time to bring out the shade cloth....poor Bella. I can't grow her.

Don't you hate losing baby leaves? I haven't dropped any hoyas to have that happen but I do have something in the greenhouse that eats baby leaves >:-[

Could it be mites? Not all mites make webs. Spider mites - yes, broad mites - no. I think I may be battling broad mites :-(

so sorry about the cold weather triff.

grrr...in the last week I think I've dropped or knocked over 4 (yes 4!) potted hoyas. One I bumped with my head and came tumbling down. Mostly no harm done but what GIVES?? Am I that big of a klutz? (If the show fits)

Laura, I shouldn't laugh but I did chuckle a bit about you bumping one with your head. It reminded me of my very tall dad who used to bump his head on my mums hanging baskets all the time. He used to swear about that... lol. Technically I didn't drop kerrii, I put it down and the weight of it's vines gave it motivation to leap for freedom off the bench. One of the baby leaves snapped in half vertically. I'm hoping it lives so I can see what it looks like all grown up. It's really interesting to compare my two normal kerriis. One was grown outside and has short, plumper heart shaped leaves. The one grown indoors has longer, thinner, darker leaves (less light obviously) yet both happily flowered for me. No dripping nectar though! I heard they were messy but my flowers were well behaved.

Lydia, I'm very fond of my bella :D She is temperamental and a bit of a diva ( Her name is B***hy bella ) But she is growing magnificently! She started life as a small plant with three branches, now she is a great bushy beast of a thing! Well, half of her is. For some reason her growth is all on one side so I have another small plant to pot up with her to help fill her out a bit more. Of course, I'm too scared to actually do that because she will make a scene! For all I say she is a cow, her tanties are actually minor. She drops a couple of leaves if I disturb her then a new branch grows from where the leaf was. Waiiiit a minute! I have an idea to get more growth on the other side now :D I will try and get a photo of her, sadly she has finished flowering now.

I noticed something totally random the other day. I had moved lacunosa into the loungeroom for a bit to give her more room (and because tsangi was getting a bit too intimate with her!) The room was darker than I realised and lacunosa suddenly grew half a dozen new vines. Until now all her growth was from the ends of her vines, not growing new ones. Was this flurry of new vines an attempt to reach more light? (they were all pale but have coloured up normally after I returned her to her old room.) or a coincidence? Can I encourage new growth this way or was this random? Methinks it's time for an experiment!

Ironically, now lacunosa is climbing into tsangii's pot. Seriously, these two..... *rolls eyes*

Lol you're so funny. I'm literally picturing your hoyas!

Seriously, some plants just have "personalities" Even within the same species. For example, Obovata 1 ( the normal spotted one) is a placid beast that sits back, puts out a couple of leaves, stops to think about it and decides it can do better and put out more slightly larger ones. Gets on with the job of growing at a nice consistent pace and isn't fussy it gets too dry. Obovata 2 (Mr splashy) is a bit more zesty. Shoots up, slows, speeds up again. Grows leaves, stops and adds vine instead with no leaves, grows leaves finally and then throws them when it got a little dry. Now it is growing vines from all its bare leafless nodes....