Your welcome Lars.

The Oxy Epi looks "exactly" like yours. I DO have a

guatemalan e strictum epiphyllum and the leaf is thick and heavy...blooms are white....but different. I have one leaf....that isn't "doing-anything" since moving. :0)

The hoya, just stick in a vase of water and root it before planting in the ground. It can be trained to grow upright around a pole, tree or stake. I put mine outdoors now, in the Summer, on the front porch, which is West facing. At my old house it liked sitting indoors next to a South facing window, bloomed continuously. Any old bloom spikes, leave them, as it reblooms on those "and" on new growth.

The Chyrsoacardium was originally purchased from an Epi Emporium in California. I'm told it's like a botanical garden devoted to Epi's.

What a nice thing for you to do Nicole. Im sure you brightened some days.

Thanks! That sounds easy for the hoya - I'll put it in a vase of water. I will also try to root the loose leaves, as I saw on one site that you can get new plants just from the leaves. But putting the cutting in a vase of water is going to be easier, I think. After it makes roots, I might put it in my front yard, which is north facing and has space for more plants. We've been slowly moving some of our excess bromeliads to the front yard, and I think it could grow near them.

I bought most of my epiphyllum in San Diego County, but a few of them I got at a sale at the L.A. County Arboretum. Epi's are very popular here because they are so easy to take care of, but I am considering adding some more planters mounted either to the house or the wall for the ones that get leggy.

The hoya is a nice surprise, especially since it's something that I did not already have.

Did you used to live in California?

It's always great to have someone brighten my day - I just quit my part-time job a couple of weeks ago, and so I am going through an adjustment period. I have to consider whether I want more part time work, but I feel that it might be difficult at my age.

Awesome! Nicole is a very generous and very kind person. I am doing my Hoya in water. Good luck with your bounty!

Lars.... I've visited CA. Was told that's where the leaves came from. The last house, I lived in, had 22' high ceilings throughout, plus 38 windows. It was like a BIG green house. This new house is lodge look. More "earthy", not so much light.

I also used to work a part time job. I'd like to get "cheap" full coverage medical insurance and a match on my 401k. Part time jobs with benefits are rare. But....remodeling a house "and" working till midnight just made my brain toast! I keep saying I'll just do one more house...then go back into the work force........:0)

Raven...that's very sweet! You know I just want you to be happy! Life throws so much at us!!!

Hi Lars! Welcome to the world of Hoya growing! The real name of the Hoya is actually Hoya carnosa. There is no such Hoya named Variata to my knowledge. My first house plant, which I still have was a cutting from my home-ec teacher's Hoya carnosa, and it looks just like your cuttings and the blooms looked like her plant, too. I have several different Hoyas, many of which have never bloomed for me (they're all in soil). Not even Nikki (my carnosa). They do like tomato food, I have found out. I'm actually planning on ordering some from Gardino's today or tomorrow.

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Wow you are very lucky ducky Lars, and Raven, to have such a sweet generous person in your life!

Thank you Nicole for being such a sweet generous person!

Lars, I don't know how your climate compares to mine, I'm deep in South Texas, much farther south than San Antonio. I've had a couple of different Hoyas in the past, and they have always lived outdoors in pots, year round. On a west facing patio, in a shady area under an overhang. And that patio gets HOT in the summer, 3 digit hot. For days on end. When there were freeze warnings in the winter, I usually just covered them with a blanket.

Have fun!

Rusty

Yes, Hoya Carnosa....variegata...because...the leaves used to be edged in ivory/white....some leaves were solid white. As it matured...about 20 years...the white disappeared. Link to photos of the younger version of my hoya :0)

Aha! That variety is known for losing it's variegation. It's still a pretty plant. It's been called several names, but some refer to her still as Krimson Princess. I think they call her "Rubra" now, which is even more confusing, because there's a carnosa variety called Rubra that's solid green leaves. Anyhow, Hoyas are a beautiful plant that everyone should experience at least once.

Brad AKA Moonwolf

I like the pic of the rick rack plant. Nicole, could you post a pic of the plant? It fascinates me, don’t quite know why, I’m not a plant person.

You are a very sweet person to share your treasures.

Oh. My. Goodness! Nicole, that is amazing! I have never seen anything like that around here! Thank you for posting the pictures.

Rusty

I don't know where my "Monkey tail" pics are(another one I own)....but most cactus have spectacular blooms.

Pic is off the internet

Rusty, my climate is a lot milder than yours. Average low temperature in January is 50°, and average high is 68°. Typically, it won't get below 45° in the winter, but in cold winters, it can get down to 40°, which is not too cold even for most orchids. In the summer, it rarely gets above 80°, but September is the warmest month. We get ocean breezes in May and June that keep us cool, and in the winter, the warm Santa Ana winds prevent us from getting cold. Most house plants will do fine here, but a lot of them will need shade, and I do run out of shady areas. There are lots of microclimates in Southern California, and I am in the beach/coastal microclimate, which is the mildest. I do have trouble with some tropical plants that require a lot of heat because we get very little of that, but I was able to grow mangoes in Venice, which is not too far from where I live now. My climate is similar to South Africa, and so I have a lot of South African plants, as they require little maintenance. I can also grow plants that are native to higher elevations in Mexico and Central and South America.

I grew up in Texas and used to visit friends in Mission, in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Here's a photo from my back yard January 10, 2019 in the dead of winter:

Nicole, that was so nice of you to do that. It’s always refreshing to read about the kind deeds people do.

Those plant pictures are amazing! I wish I had the green thumb that so many here have. Unfortunately, I kill everything, even the aloe given to me by my DD. I think it’s pretty sad when you can kill aloe. LOL