Category Archives: Hoyas

Time to start talking about Hoya surisana

Hoya surisana was first vouchered in cultivation in August of 2019 at the Bogor Botanic Garden. It was first collected by Andarias Sambokaraeng in Indonesia, Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Mamasa, Pebassian, Makalangkan mountain, ca 500 m elevation. Below the buds of Hoya surisana:

Hoya Bella Anneke Buis Looks Healthy, But…

My Hoya Bella Anneke Buis, otherwise known as Hoya Bella Albomarginata looks pretty healthy from this picture, but has been dropping quite a few leaves for some time. Many leaves started to get shriveled looking, which is a sure sign off root rot. I took it out of the pot, and sure enough that was what was going on. I lose very few plants to root rot these days, but sadly this was one of them. Here is a photo before I chopped it up into cuttings to restart it.