The box arrived from Thailand in May of this year (2019), and for the most part the plants arrived in pretty good shape spending about 8 days in the post. The Hoya darwinii were quite large, and I was generally pleased with them. The roots were grown in a coconut husk plug that was impossible to remove without cutting all of the roots off and re-rooting so I was faced with the task of deciding what growing mix to pot them up in?? I had failed with this plant a few times in soil, so I really did not want to go that route again. Below the leaves of Hoya darwinii: