Newbie looking for suggestions and advice

9 years ago

hey guys!

So I'm pretty new to hoyas. Decided to have a hoya wall. Have had this hoya carnosa for 7years and recently added hoya davidcummingi and h.hoya pubicalyx red buttons rooted cuttings to the same spot( seen on the pic), currently waiting on a hoya siariae red cutting ! I have some questions!

Will all the new ones be fine under the same conditions as the carnosa?

Are they slower or faster to grow?

Will it take them 4years to bloom as well?

Do they require any special care?

Would fertilizing be a good idea and if so how?

Any suggestions for a next one to add to my collection? There is still space for another one !

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Denise

9 years ago

Some additional info... I assume you're growing where they can be outside year round? What is the exposure? Is that pot full of dirt? That's a LOT of space for a Hoya as they like to be rootbound. Personally, I wouldn't put davidcummingii with the others because I don't think you'll be able to appreciate the smaller leaves and flowers of davidcummingii when it's growing in with biggies like carnosa and pub. Also, davidcummingii is more of a trailing Hoya whereas the others are climbers/twiners. The carnosa and pub will do fine together, but I'd grow the DC separately. If I was going to grow another one in with carnosa and pub, I'd choose dasyantha. It's like a carnosa on steroides. Larger, dark green leaves, flowers easily and very similar to carnosa flowers.

Denise in Omaha

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Rita Borges
Original Author
9 years ago
No, it's a much smaller pot fitted in the ''mouth'' of the big terracota one so it tricks the eye !

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Damn , the seller told me david cummingi was a climber :( I'll look into buying an hanging pot for it then ! Thanks for the sugestions !
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Klnco
9 years ago
Denise said it :)

Yeah I'm not sure why that seller told you Davidcummingi was a climber... well I do know but it's not right. But hey now you have an excuse to get another Hoya! Lol! Hoya sp. India or Hoya Celata would do well with your climbing combo pot, check those guys out too :)

Heck you could get some cuttings of Carnosa 'Deep Pink' or purple from Susan (Beastlyflower2012 on ebay) and/or Pubicalyx 'Royal Hawaiian Purple', or Pubicalyx 'Pink Dragon' have all kinds of different colors in there during blooming season!
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Denise
9 years ago
Rita, you just described the perfect place to live - for me, at least! I hate the heat and humidity we have here this time of year. I would probably miss the snow, but I could also do without the bitter cold we have here. My perfect temp is around 65 to 70 degrees. I bet Hoyas thrive there! I know they do like some heat, but it sounds like your temps would make most of them very happy. The one climbing your trellis certainly looks happy!

Denise in Omaha
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Rita Borges
Original Author
9 years ago
You are all so nice! But I just became super confused haha .Anyone good with identifying hoyas? Is this h.carnosa or h. Dasyantha? I always thought it was carnosa but then I came across online articles about dasyantha and its differences when compared to carnosa and my brain froze lol . Apparently h.carnosa, h.dasyantha and h.fungi are three very similar species .
the flowers are not recent bloomed
Klnco
9 years ago
I know this isn't much help, but I can tell you that that is not a Carnosa if you ask me. I'd say Dasyantha!
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Lydia Kennedy
9 years ago
Looks a lot like this fungii I bought off of eBay
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Monica bf N. Carolina zone 7B
9 years ago
I agree with Lydia. Looks more like Fungii. I always thought Dasyantha had darker leaves....but then again it looks like a Carnosa/Fungii cross I have. Sorry to confuse you more :-)
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Denise
9 years ago
I'd vote for dasyantha. I think the reason it's not the usual dark green is that it's grown outside - I'd bet that it gets some direct sun? My clone of fungii has much wider/rounder leaves. Here's dasyantha...
Leaves are typically about 2x bigger than carnosa. And here is my fungii...

My fungii produces two kinds of leaves - some are textured an incurved like this one, others are very flat, but they're all much wider than dasyantha.

Denise in Omaha
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Lydia Kennedy
9 years ago
I have that fungii also and thought I had purchased a different clone. I bet I have dasyantha also. The seller posted a pic of a light pink flower. Fungiis flower is white.
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