SOOO exciting! And new leaves! AND penduncles/flowers! :)

If you look down at the bottom of the shell you can barely see the end of a cork that I cut off and wedged in the shell to keep the soilless mix from falling out... It drains very easily and freely, which is good for curtisii.

Yeah, I just bought three different hoyas after half a year of owning single carnosa, so I'm all giddy and excited too :D I kinda want to... do... something... like repot them, or fertilize, water every two hours and count leaves. Something.

Hm, maybe I'll try it with carnosa cutting in the spring (or mathilde, if it lives through winter). I'm kinda worried it won't drain easily enough and water will gather in the deeper parts of the shell, but maybe at that angle, and with the mix that doesn't retain much water... what kind of mix do you use?

I make my own, with pumice, lava, bark, and coco coir chips and sometimes a little turface... sifted down to no less/more than 1/8-3/8 inches. I can water more in the spring without worry. My indoor Hoyas seem to LOVE it.

I still have my first Hoya, Krimson Queen... I love her. And I've accumulated 39 other Hoyas in around 9 years. lol

That's almost the same as mix for cacti. Cool, I'd be able to use the same mix for everything. Thanks. Especially since it's pretty rainy over here most of the time, long autumn and longer winter - I kinda get the feeling my current mix for some of my first cacti is too water retaining. Not too bad if I'm careful, but...

Is Krimson Queen a synonym for Tricolor (the kind with white edges)? Google isn't sure about that. But if so I just bought a Krimson Queen. Can't wait till she's bigger, such a pretty foliage.

39, wow... understandable though. There are so many gorgeous cultivars...

I use a higher bark/coir to pumice/lava ratio than I do with my cacti, and I like to top dress with river rock for humidity. I also really like Garrett Juice Plus for my diluted fertilizer. I use it quite frequently... even though it is very strong smelling at first.

I believe people use the carnosa name Tri-color interchangeably with Krimson Queen. After three years, mine flowered... then it was all over for me!

Usually the Hoya forum pros think my mix seems a little dry... But it totally works for me, and I suck at leaving my plant babies alone... SOOOO there ya go. :)

I'd probably skip either coir or bark for cacti and go 1:1:1 pumice, lava, coir/bark. As for now most have 1:1 potting soil and perlite. I think I also potted carnosa in this mix, maybe with some coco coir. I can't remember, I repotted to many plants in past few months... They seem fine too, but I'd like to not worry so much about overwatering them.

Ah, right, I'll probably have to buy some fertilizer for Hoyas. The one for cacti probably won't work for them. Next thing to remember for springtime!

I only saw my grandmother's old carnosa flower, but it was great. Can't wait for my plants to be old enough to flower. Though, one of the carnosa cuttings came with penduncle, and the seller says mathilde has a penduncle too, so maybe next year...

what is the eriostemma looking Hoya to the right of the very pretty caudata, if you don't mind me asking?

so pretty, i love how fast they grow :)