Probably the best place in Darwin for Hoyas is Bunnings, but they only get them in periodically. Then there's Ebay or Gumtree.

i was hoping you’d reply tropicbreeze. Seems you might live nearby. I have about 80 hoyas (mostly the little species) that I have got from Bunnings or from Liddle‘s. Do you have many and would you be willing to swap/sell cuttings? Where in the NT do you live? Kim

I'll just put this here.... (haven't bought from them because they don't post to Tas :( )

https://hoyastoreaustralia.com.au/

If you are on Facebook Kim, join the hoya collectors Australia page :D There is a sales page as well.

i have not had the pleasure of going to Mareeba and seeing liddles nursery (It’s on my wish list). My in-laws live in the tablelands and last time I visited I wasn’t that interested in Hoyas. i assume you have been and got some that you really liked. I‘d love to know what you have? I‘m pretty sure I could hook you up with more if you were interested? My email is kimlhughes@outlook.com.

Also thanks triffimoss for the heads up with that website. I’ll check it out but I usually find they won’t send to NT either. Usually you have to get certificates etc and it works out mega expensive, see how I go. How did you get your Hoyas?

I'm a Bunnings/local nursery stalker :D

You and me both. I can get to 2 Bunnings from here and I know what days I have to check. How funny!!

You must have some of the cooler weather hoyas Triffidmoss or do you have a whole light/heating seat up? I have some of the cooler ones Polyneura, Serpens, Paciflora but I’m kinda thinking they will die in wet season, see how we go.

With this weather we've been having, particularly the last few weeks (even the last 6 weeks), I've been flat out trying to save what I have. That's all types of plants not just Hoyas. My polyneura probably won't see out another week. Burtoniae is only surviving but I suspect it won't be long before it decides enough's enough and bails out.

I was at Liddles before David Liddle died. He was really knowledgeable and helpful. Suggested I should stick with Hoyas that were from a single monsoon climate. The list of those isn't that long. But I did pick up a few others, some of which I lost. The best one for the climate here is H. rupicola (or H. australis ssp. rupicola according to some).

Ironically I just lost rupicola this Winter. I knew it wouldn't survive but I gave it a go! My hoyas are mostly cool growers with a few intermediates and a couple of warm lovers that are surprisingly still with me.

i touch wood have only lost a couple of Hoyas. I have my own potting mix for them (if I need it) otherwise I leave them in Bunnings pots and I water a lot, some even everyday (I know your not supposed to) and they look really good. Believe it or not my cool Weather ones are even going well which suprises me because it’s too hot here for even me. The rain could see the end of them so fingers crossed they survive. If they do start dying i might have to move them inside. The offer of cuttings is still open tropical breeze. thanks for those Facebook sites Triffidmoss, I can’t believe I didn’t know about them. I like them although looking at the photos of the huge selection of Hoyas at other shops makes me so jealous.

Thanks Kim but I'll leave getting anything new for a while. Was in Bunnings Palmo today and managed to resist buying any plants. They only had 6 small Hoya there.

My plants get 2 waterings per day, one middle of night and the other in the morning. It's an automatic system but the morning one is turned on manually.

Triffid, rupicola would be difficult for you. You should remember the climate here. During your winter they would be best watered only when the leaves begin to show stress/wrinkles.

Tropic, yeah, it was a gamble but I gave it a go :D I have a so called tropical lambii still going strong here for the last few years. I barely watered rupicola at all (leaves nearly a cm thick! that's a lot of water stored there!) but it was in "the dead zone" a spot I've never overwintered hoyas in before and sadly every one I put there died. Even some I'd had for a couple of Winters :(

So Kim, did you join our lil Aus hoya group? didja? huh? huh? :D

I did join the group. It’s really good. Lots of information. You guys haven’t actually told me which Hoyas you have. I’d be interested, especially you Tropic since you spoke With David Liddle and your just up the road.

Ok, I'm chiming in. I want to see a picture of rupicola. Those leaves sound very intriguing!

I don’t have a rupicola, I’ve seen one. I have a few other astralis’s though. i recon it looks a bit like a cactus.

I don't think I got a photo of mine :(

After looking, I found a pic of my rupicola last Summer. It's the stiff curled under leaved one at the front.

Very cool! We have salty in Michigan if you call the salt we use to melt snow in winter...salty. LOL! Thanks for sharing.

Triff, you've confused me. What do you mean by "salty".

I'll put up photos of H. rupicola in habitat on another thread.