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This Year's Wish List

7 years ago

Hi everyone,


Just thought I'd share my current wish list. What's on yours?


~H. carnosa "Snow Ball"/cv. "Snowball"

~cv. Mathilde

~cv. Chouke

~curtisii

~krohiana

~lacunosa (any and all varieties)

~memoria


I think that's it for Hoyas. Hoping to get a Fireball Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) from Gardino's at some point. I wouldn't mind finding a small plant of String of Hearts to make my plant larger.


Brad AKA Moonwolf

Comments (22)

  • 7 years ago

    great list!


    a few I would love to have is:


    -kerrii or obovata with inner variegation


    -deykei


    -Perak teddy bear


    -different variations of macrophylla


    -and really anything with large veined leaves. I buy hoyas for their foliage not their blooms since I am terrible at getting them to flower.

  • 7 years ago

    I would like to have any type (as long as I can get it for a good price). I thought I would like to give kerrii a try.

  • 7 years ago

    If you don't have fungii, that's one with large, veined leaves and they're fuzzy/velvety. I buy them for their flowers, and the foliage is nice to look at most of the time lol. I've only had a couple flower for me, too (Red Buttons, fungii, and the lacunosas, oh and bella when I had them). Although Nikki has peduncles on her that she formed last year, so I hope she blooms finally. Finlaysonii "Ripple Leaf" is a good one, too. LOVE the leaves on that one.

    Carnosa "Freckles" is one I'd like, too (it sounds like this is the one Gardino's has listed that I posted about. Sadly, it's out of stock currently.).

    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    Yes, I LOVE my fungii, it is such a fast grower and seems to be one of my easier to please hoyas.


    I saw Gardino’s leaf picture of their carnosa freckles, it made me realllllyyy want to buy it :). But I hope you snag it when it comes back in stock-just post more pictures here!


    finlaysonii ripple leaf is beautiful, I wouldn’t be sad if I was able to add it to my collection one day. Thanks for the suggestions!!

  • 7 years ago

    I had to start my fungii over, and it's such a shell of her former self. I have a cutting I took of it that's doing beautifully, however :).


    I really want their carnosa "Freckles", too. Especially for those flowers! The closest thing I have to it is my motoskei, also from Gardino's (sadly, I don't see that listed there currently).


    You're welcome! Oh, and try to get a couple lacunosa cultivars for something different for leaves. Ruby Sue and Royal Flush and Sno Caps, namely. It's been a while since I've had a lacunosa in my collection.


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    I did almost buy ruby sue once, maybe I will add her at some point.


    I bet your fungii will be back to its former glory in no time! I have mine right up in an east window, so far it seems happy but I will probably have to add a window sheer or move it once the summer sun really kicks in. Where do you grow yours? I would love to get mine to flower

  • 7 years ago

    Top of my wish list would be Hoya Estrella. It’s rumored to be heavily fragrant and able to fill a room with the scent of a fine mans cologne.

    I have a small African violet pot with mixed lacunosa and krohiana...Ruby Sue, Super Eskimo, Royal Flush. All in the same pot. I got a couple of cuttings of each variety and stuck them in the same pot, thinking the different varieties would contrast each other nicely....Nope.... After three years under fluorescent office lighting, they all look the same. Like they all reverted back to their basic origin. It’s very healthy looking and verdant, but has not bloomed. Very slow growing with densely packed leaves, probably due to low or artificial lights. Hoyas are weird, but fun and easy to grow.

  • 7 years ago

    My mother plant is in the living room and gets bright, indirect light all day. It's happy, but it's not happy the way it should be lol. The only window that you should have a sheer on for your plants is if they're in a south window. I have blinds on that window, but I pull them up and haven't had any trouble (it might be more southwestern than southern). I have a few Hoyas and other house plants there and they love it. Yes, definitely get yourself a Ruby Sue if you see it. You won't regret it!


    Ooh, I forgot about Estrella Falls. That's one I'd like to have, too! Interesting that all your lacunosas reverted. A mixed lacunosa pot would be very pretty, and I'd definitely like to see if they would grow better in natural sunlight. I miss the scent so much.


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Right now my wishlist this year

    Minnibelle (lost mine this winter)
    Polynura
    Meredithaie (spelled wrong but i will never find it anyway)
    Obscura
    Patricia

  • 7 years ago

    H. mirabilis is one I have to add, too.


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    Adding chicken farm and elliptica!

  • 7 years ago

    Ooh, elliptica is a pretty one! Just had to look it up. Chicken Farm is nice, too.


    I definitely would like Pink Dragon, Black Dragon, and H. celata (formerly pubicalyx White Dragon).


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    Lol this is a slippery slope...

  • 7 years ago

    Hello, my name is Moonwolf, and I am a plantaholic/gardenholic.

    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    I’m in good company then! I saw a pubicalyx variety I didn’t have earlier in the week and stayed strong, didn’t buy it. Resolve has crumbled and I am heading there soon. oops...

  • 7 years ago

    Pick up something for me ;). The last plant I got was a Gasteria/Ox Tongue at Wally World (known to others as Wal-Mart). A friend on Facebook found lacunosas at his local Lowe's and I wish I was making a trip there soon, but, A.) I'm broke, and B.) No way to get there lol. So life keeps my addiction in check. Unless someone sends me cuttings... :). There's more than just Hoyas I'm itching for.


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    That’s great your BBS carry them, definitely not the case here! I would love to get to the point where I am just swapping cuttings with people, mine have to get a bit bigger before I can offer much. I started growing hoyas in the fall so I will be curious to see how much they grow this spring and summer!

  • 7 years ago

    The BBS around here are hit or miss for Hoyas, sadly. I haven't seen a lacunosa in a while. The only ones I've seen lately are Compacta and bilobata/DS-70, and even then that's been some time ago (months). It's still a little cold to be doing any plant cutting trades or splurging on new plants.


    Did you get your pubicalyx and/or anything else?


    Side note: I see this 8 x 10 greenhouse for sale where a company has placed several sheds along the highway. Mum and I stopped yesterday to check them out, but no price on it. It's such a gem! Wood floor, mini windows for ventilation (with screens), two tier shelves (wooden). * sigh * It's perfect! But alas, probably out of our budget, since they're a small fortune (and building permits are required for any structures over 10 feet where we live).


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    I sure hope it works out for you to get one some day! It sounds beautiful. Maybe they would be open to a bit of negotiation? I rarely haggle but when I do I am usually pleasantly surprise at the outcome.


    I did get it. It was only labeled ‘hoya’ but the leaves are practically identical to a few small pieces of royal Hawaiian I had, so I just lumped them all together in the same pot. that way it’s not like I REALLY brought a new plant home today ;)


  • 7 years ago

    I think the place that builds and sells them have payment plans, but things are kinda tight as it is around here, so who knows. I really would love to have it. What I wouldn't give to have it in the yard. My quiet place. My happy place.


    Oh how pretty! Lol good thinking ;).


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

  • 7 years ago

    I forgot to add that cv. Sunrise is one I'm hunting for, as well.


    Brad AKA Moonwolf

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