Category Archives: Hoyas

Hoya bella Seedlings Finally Start Growing Well

It took a very long time but my H. bella that I started from my own seedpod have finally started to grow well.  Here they are in their little 2 inch pots.  Tomorrow I will show what they look like when I combine and transplant them into a larger pots.

Kitchen Hoya

I only have one Hoya in the kitchen, because we have a number of bird feeders, and we like to watch the birds out of those windows.  Right now only Hoya papaschonii lives in the kitchen.  These are all plants started from seed this year.

Cat Room Hoyas

This is a spare bedroom that we call the cat room as it is where we keep the cat littler boxes.  We have two windows in the room.  Top photo contains a couple of hanging Dischidia with Hoyas below. I don’t have the time to name all of the Hoyas in these photos and look up their correct spellings so the photos will have to do.

Tour of Hoyas in the Regular House

Over the next week or so I will show the Hoyas sitting in windows in the house.  Most of these will cease growing and go into hibernation over the winter months.  The goal is to keep them alive until a late spring day when they can move back outside once again for the short Vermont summer.

Below are the windows in the room we call the computer room as it is where I do all of my computer work including writing this blog.

Final Day with Hoya walliniana

Hoya walliniana was not a very easy growing Hoya, and unfortunately I did lose the plant, but fortunately not before I was able to flower it.  I would recommend the plant to advanced growers as it is not suited to beginners.  The plant was not forgiving of mistakes, and when I tried to save it through taking cuttings, I was not successful.  If I ever get the chance to try the plant again under different conditions, it might well fare much better.