I would say water more often, and fertilize. If the mix is drying out too quickly, increase the container size.

Josh

Thanks. I actually don't water it very often which could probably be one of the issues. I water it maybe every two weeks. And it's in a fast draining mix soo it's probably thirsty lol

Hi Jamila,

Agreeing w/ Josh I'd try watering more too. Once a week rather than every 2 can make a big difference, especially going into Summer.

Also if you really feel it's stalled (sometime Hoyas do that), unpot it to check the roots. It's really the truest indicator of what's going on w/ the plant.

Your mix looks good from here (actually looks rather like mine too).

This is one of my favorites Hoyas, Krimson Queen. Hope you know there's also a Hoya Forum nearby (see top of opening page). You may wish to check them out, read a bit there too.

I will check out the Hoya forum because I know absolutely nothing about them!!! And I'll start watering once a week rather than every two!!!

Variegated plants can be a bit slow growing. Less green means less photosynthesis.

I have one, and I water it around once a week (I just pick up the pot each day when I'm checking plants, and if it's light in weight I water it). My plant does not grow very fast either. It's kind of boring that way, but it's such a pretty plant it gets a pass. Lol

It's the most slow growing plant I have!!! And now that I know it's supposed to I feel somewhat better. I thought it wasn't growing because I was neglecting it but then I saw the new leaves and was like ok maybe I'm doing something wrong. But now I know lol

Here is my Queen plant, bought it last year. It started growing a long trailer, so I trimmed that end, and stuck the cutting back into the dirt, and it rooted. Then side shoots came along and now it's more full looking. But my Hoya krimson princess is going to town- long tentacles, twisting around each other. It's almost not enough room because one of the stems usually comes loose and it whack us in the head as we try to sit down in the chair below it. Lol.

Queen

Princess

Wow Lily, Your Hoyas are beautiful!!! They must really like your house!!! Did it take a long time for them to get so big???

Thank you! They are both from last year, the Queen was a 4" pot and the Princess was a 6" pot. They are now both in 6" plastic pots. I use a low dose fertilizer each watering (like Schulz') for every plant, and use warm water too. The plants seem to respond better when I water with warm instead of cold. I guess I don't blame them, actually. And I had them in clay pots last year, but since I moved them to plastic with good drainage....they really like it. I let both of them get pretty dry before I water, as I mentioned.

The Hoyas go to the window spots, but I don't put them in the direct sun- I consider it the spot "next to" the brightest spot in the house. I learned that when I set Hoya curtisii in the brightest spot and the leaves became sunburned. My violets, and money tree had the same problem. So far, only schefflera has done well in the super bright spot.

I'm kind of obsessed with Hoyas right now, but I haven't had any long enough for them to flower. The closest candidate is the Princess.

Interesting info. I have only one and probably the basic variety and it is in gritty mix. It gets about 3-4 hrs of full sun in summer and I water it once a week or even more depending on the weather. In winter it sits close to a south facing window and probably gets about the same amount of direct sun if it is not cloudy/snowy. Slow grower indeed. Here is a pic from last year when it flowered for the first time in 5 yrs of having it.

Tropic simply beautiful like all your plants!!! I didn't know Hoyas flowered. Will mine???

Thanks. I am sure it will flower. Just need to be patient I guess. I am hoping mine will flower again this year. No signs of it yet. The flowers are outright fantastic. Here is a closer shot.

Do the flowers feel as waxy as they look? Ooh and do they smell good???

A lot of Hoya flowers have a fragrance, the scent being different in different species. But some won't have a noticeable scent even though the species is known for it. Don't know whether that's a matter of growing conditions or just a variation in the particular plant itself.

I've heard of blooms smelling like chocolate or having really sweet smells so I was just curious!

That's so pretty, Tropicofcancer!

Jamilalshaw, my H. rupicola (previously H. australis ssp rupicola) has a very sweet talc-like scent and when there's lots of flowers around it can get quite strong. H. australis ssp tenuipes had a similar scent. H. "Los Banos" had a spicy scent. I've read about the chocolate smelling ones but can't remember which species they are.

I guess either mine did not have any noticeable smell or I am impaired - not unlikely. If mine flowers again I will try harder - lol. Here is a logees page on hoya that is, I think, a good summary.

Tropicbreezent- how are you growing your australis? I have a newbie and it needs to latch onto something soon. It wants to grow straight up- wonder if they can also hang? Maybe trellis is best?

The tenuipes tries to grow up into trees but if the vines don't catch hold of support they will hang. So it's a matter of keeping them out of reach of anything they can go up. If you put a trellis in they'll reach the top fairly quickly. Their preference is to climb.