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Hoya macrophylla snow queen

9 years ago

I bought my snow queen from epiphytica back in November and received it in late Dec. It almost didn't make it. Well it finally grew a leaf and I'm not too impressed. I thought it would be covered in splashes....does anyone want to share a picture of theirs? Mine doesn't look that great :-/ I hope it gets it's splashes one day.

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  • 9 years ago

    This is my Mac Splash from AH. It's leaves are still thin and soft (kinda dehydrated and I have it in a big glass jar with lid (big cookie jar))

    Its very different from the snow queen I had last year. The leaves are still very pretty.

  • 9 years ago

    Wow, now that looks like snow queen...wanna trade? Lol jk...I'm sure mine will look better when it grows up.

  • 9 years ago

    That's a large rooted cutting, Monica. Mine was small and with small leaves. Hope yours gets happy soon :)

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks. I believe the consensus on this forum is that AH Hoya is the best Thai vendor.

    Maybe if there is another group order soon it may be worth trying them out. I would place another order with them.

  • 9 years ago

    My 2 from AH also look like Monica's. Yours looks weird! lol

  • 9 years ago

    Lol meanie

  • 9 years ago

    I told you I didn't even want to look at at let alone photograph it!! Lol

  • 9 years ago

    I think yours looks more like the baibai clone, or however you spell it...

  • 9 years ago

    You are so right tlbean2004! It does look like macrophylla bai bur!....both your plants are gorgeous Monica!

  • 9 years ago

    Baibua...seen it a few ways :-/

  • 9 years ago

    yep this is mine. I can live with this lol...thanks for the id, tlbean2004

  • 9 years ago

    Maybe if you order again from Jack, her will send you a free Macrophylla Splash.

  • 9 years ago

    Has the "baibua" grown any lately?

  • 9 years ago

    Eh, barely. Something Keeps eating it's new growth. Still alive at least lol

  • 9 years ago

    Tlbean2004, Its finally showing signs of life. I see two new vines. I really thought it was a gonner... Repotted it and hung it out under the pecan tree with my others.


    Seemed to have woken it up.....not that pretty yet :-/ I'll post an update when it looks better.

  • 9 years ago

    Good job Lydia. Mine hasn't grown at all. It was suffering so much in its pot that I pulled it out and put in a vase of water. For the first time since I got it the leaves are finally firming up. Now new growth though. As a matter of fact, none of my Thai orders have put on any growth.

  • 9 years ago


    Monica

    How is your mac splash doing? I had one that was getting too much sun so i just moved it to the backyard. Hope the bugs leaves those pretty leaves alone!

  • 9 years ago

    Hi Tony - it was struggling badly. It had a poor root system and the leaves were paper thin. Aurorawa even noticed it when she received it from Thailand. I did everything to help it along such as heat pad and humidity dome. Absolutely nothing helped the poor thing so I did what I do as a last resort and stuck it in a jar of water with some hydroton balls still attached to some of the roots.

    The leaves plumped up and grew some new leaves. Check her out now, all happy :-)

  • 9 years ago

    Whenever a hoya has thin dehydrated leaves, keeping the humidity high in a sealed container should help. The humidity helps grow roots which in return supply water to the plant to help plump it up.

  • 9 years ago

    I know, right!? I had it in the dome since I received it from aurorawa. I lost several leaves and didn't think it was going to make it.

    sticking it in the jar and putting it under T5 lighting helped it grow a new leaf :-)

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