When did you start rooting those?

I believe I potted the cuttings March 22nd. The retusa was already potted, but from the same order. The archboldiana was from this past November, already established as well, but is from gardino's.

Thanks ric! I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for the meredithii. It's severely dehydrated leaves are kinda alarming. We shall see!

Meredithii is a diva until it roots. Acts like the world is ending. But once it has a root system, it quickly recovers. Not my fastest grower, but at least it does something (unlike clemensiorum long leaves form!)

Hahaha, yeah, it's a bit dramatic. But it's done well thus far.

Also, aurora, do you combine shipping? Considering one of your rooted cutting bundles on ebay, and might get more. Thanks!

Good job. Everything looks great. Good luck with meredithii. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Archie looks great, I really love how dark green that new leaf is! I also got mine from Gardino's and it's not as big as yours but pumping out new leaves though they're small. My mac looks more like your Archie, leaves are getting huge. Sometimes I think Hoyas like growing inside under lights more than they like growing outside.. :)

I think it's something about the very stable conditions some like. The archie sat for 2 months until it put a little growth, then it died back. Another few months and move into my closet and it just shot out a foot of vine and a leaf! Do you grow both inside and outside?

I do combine shipping, Christian :)

Christian, hooray for the foot of vine! Keep me updated as it grows. I'd like to see how it compares to mine outside. I have most of my Hoyas outside but I have lacunosa and minibelle indoors in an east window. I just say that bc I've seen quite a few posts online that seem to show that Hoyas grow famously indoors under lights. I hate when Hoyas die back but so many of them are prone to doing that. Good thing is they usually shoot out a new growth to make up for it. I'm waiting most excitedly for subcalva, imperialis, Mac, and Archie to bloom out of the 20+ I have. My shepherdii has small buds on multiple peduncles and my tiny serpens has a single peduncle.

Awesome aurora! You can expect me to purchase a hoya or 5 soon.

Tom, for sure! That's so exciting! You should definitely do hoya updates since you have such a decent collection! Many of my larger hoya, I may have to start growing outdoors. I don't have room anymore, and they don't get enough light to bloom I don't think. My multiflora is the only constant bloomer for me in my room. No other hoya has bloomed yet (not that I've been growing them long, less than 6 months. I'll wait for summer to end before I decide if they're better off outdoors.

That's a really nice bunch of plants you've got there. They all look really healthy. I'll bet it's only a matter of time before you get some blooms. The light looks bright enough to flower the plants. What kind of light is it? Nice to know about the multiflora, sounds like an easy bloomer. I've bloomed buotii, australis, compacta, lacunosa outdoors. Imperialis blasted buds during winter outdoors and got zapped by cold.

I posted some pics of my plants here, Christian, if you'd like to take a look http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4568672/looking-for-pictures-of-hoyas?n=16 I wish there was more pic threads on this board :)

The window plants don't get supplemental lighting aside from the natural sunlight, which is bright during the day. That light is just a compact florescent bulb I use for lighting my room.

You have some awesome plants! I was fortunate to have a local nursery with some hoya in stock certain times of the year which is how I got a lot of my nice fuller plants. Do you have a pic of your entire setup?

Thanks Christian! I'm proud of them. I see, I thought you might have had a grow light. It might be wise to move some outside to get them to bloom. I haven't bloomed my indoor ones yet so I can't comment. I've gotten a few from susan & yellowgreen2u on ebay as well as some from kartuz, gardino's, & accents. I've only ever bought established plants but I'd like to get cuttings of some rarer ones like magnifica, lambii, or megalaster but I don't want to spend $$ on a cutting that might not make it, although I have rooted starts from my own plants: calycina, pusilla, lacunosa, and compacta quite easily.

Yes, I do have some pics, I'll have to look for them. It's just a plain looking shelf. It's actually a portable greenhouse from amazon but it's cheaply made, a little wobbly, and it will cook your plants if you put the plastic cover on it and it gets exposed to the sun. I learned this the hard way but luckily I only lost a couple of leaves on calycina and some leaves on an orchid. I was pretty pissed though.. I want to get a nicer looking shelf for the back porch. I also have some hoyas growing on an old porch table with some orchids and other plants.

See, It's really not much to look at.

I had a ton of my nepenthes pitcher plants growing on one of those in the sun some parts of the day. I rigged a fountain pump to pump water up to a basin with holes so it rained down on them once a day. Didn't work the way I planned, and the shelving isn't that greatly made, so I ended up tossing it after my grandma accidentally knocked it over.

I'd definitely recommend trying cuttings of the pricier stuff, cause and least if it dies, it's not what once was a super pricey, well established plant that you watched slowly die. (Did that with my pitcher plants, $40 to $60 plants die within a few months) And kartuz is one of the local growers here in San Diego. What's your take on em from your experience? My birthday is coming up, and I'm considering a trip up (about 30 to 45 mins from where I live) and splurging on hoya and some dischidia and possibly begonia.

I always recommend when purchasing well established plants, to take cuttings once the plants arrive and are given a day or two to de-stress, in case the mother plants die.

My preferred methods of selling are cuttings or smaller, recently rooted plants (they seem to get less stressed/shocked. I always make sure to root cuttings with enough nodes that should the roots fail (rot), cuttings can be made. The smaller root systems also make it easier (and cheaper) to send bare-root, which is my preferred method of shipping, since everyone has their own preferred method of growing/potting up.

I do occasionally sell more established plants, but not always. This is mainly to keep buyer costs down, and to ensure I do not stress the mother plants by taking a bunch of their energy-making parts (leaves) away all at once. It also ensures that I am able to offer the plants more than once a selling season.

I've only bought established plants online 2 times, the archboldiana and the retusa. My other hoya baskets are grown locally in similar conditions, and are hardened off enough for me not to worry.

That's a good idea though, it definitely is better all around to sell cuttings or bare-root. I've shipped plants before, and if I didn't go bare-root for the larger plants, it definitely would have been extremely expensive to ship.

I have a nepenthes on there! It's a baby. I need to pot it up bc it dries up too fast now. I might put it in a hanging basket. Sorry to hear that you had some expensive plants bite the dust. That always sucks, but especially when they're pricey! I just had a rhyncolaelia (brassavola) digbyana die. I pulled it out of the mix and the bulbs and roots were moldy. It was a goner. I must have overwatered it but I was bummed. I got it for a steal too.

And I would definitely take a trip up to Kartuz if I lived that close! Their plants are small but the prices can't really be beaten: 9.95-11.95 for what are essentially rooted cuttings of some nice species. I got Hoya subcalva from them for 11.95 and it was small but it's growing nicely now, 6-8 months later. I've seen small rooted plants of subcalva on ebay for 20+ bucks so I was happy. I also bought serpens and shepherdii from them and they're growing nicely as well. The plants are all healthy and never showed any signs of stress. I know Kartuz also has meredithii but it's out of stock. I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again if they had something I really wanted.

Cool, glad to know they're a good local source for hoya! I'm excited to go now. XD