Hi Drontte - welcome! Could you tell us what kind of environment your hoyas are in? We're going into a tough time of year for hoyas as houses become more dry, and tropical plants like humidity. If your wayetti looks healthy I wouldn't worry about lack of abundant growth at this time of year. With the pubicalyx, I also have dry tip problems at this time of year, and what seems to help is bunching my plants together - as they "breathe" they help the humidity level. I also place cups of water around my plants. Whatever you do, don't overwater or you'll end up with rotting roots and yellow leaves that drop. I hate losing those dry tips, but just wait for spring and all will be well! Good luck! Post again any old time!

Thanks a lot Lesley!

You're most likely right about it being caused by low humidity as I live in Finland and radiators in my apartment are on a lot already. Maybe I'll try water cups near my plants as well.. and wait for summer. I took a closer look at Hoya wayetii and it seems buds on the tips are drying up which explains why it aint growing.. so it's probably suffering from low humidity as well. However It only grew one pair of new leaves during whole summer.. but maybe it's just slow to get started (it's a small plant that I rooted in early spring).

I'm in East Tennessee which is just slightly warmer than Finland... or at least it feels that way! I've found that those of us in cool climates can have very different experiences with hoyas than our friends in more tropical climates. The ones I think I'll have to struggle with surprise me, and some plants that are supposed to be idiot-proof die off almost immediately.

If you haven't found it yet, you might enjoy Doug in Vermont's website Vermont Hoyas and YouTube videos. Vermont has a cold climate but Doug has the greenest hoya thumb of anyone I've seen yet. I pretty much do whatever he says (though I don't have a greenhouse, special lights, or humidifiers). I think he's a hoya rock star!

Hi Drontte. You've come to the right place. Most of us here are obsessed with Hoyas!

Do you grow your Hoyas close to a window? What exposure/direction? Most of mine grow in east and west windows, close to the glass. How fast they grow depends some on how much light they're getting, but if they're in too large a pot, they tend to put their energy into growing roots rather than foliage, so making sure they're in a pot only a little bigger than the rootball is important. Also a fast draining mix - so maybe a standard potting mix with with perlite added to avoid compacting.

And sometimes it's just a matter of them settling in to a new location. If I get a rooted Hoya either online or at a nursery, it can sometimes take them up to a year before they really start growing for me. The change in conditions requires an adjustment period.

Denise in Omaha