Growing Hoya griffithii LT 08-026 Part One

I received Hoya griffithii LT 08-026 as a rooted cutting from my good friend Julie Kennedy from the UK in May of last year (2024). She in turn had received it a few years earlier from Torill Nyhuus from Sweden. I was very excited to grow what I thought was a yellow flowered clone of Hoya griffithii. The plant arrived in very good shape despite spending a long time in the post. I potted it up in a 7oz clear plastic cup using coconut husk as a substrate.

Hoya griffithii Is Fairly Widely Spread

Hoya griffithii is a cool grower that is fairly widely spread in India (Assam, Himalayas), China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Laos (Louang Namtha province), Vietnam (Dien Bien and Quang Ninh provinces), and Thailand.

One More Day With Hoya carmelae

Just a couple more photos of Hoya carmelae before we move on to something else. I think I must have gotten my first cutting of this species back around 2014, which I promptly killed. This is one of so many plants that languished in a peat-based potting mix, but took off and thrived in coco husk chips. I think that you can say that I produced this massive specimen in about three years.

Hoya carmelae Three Years Later

I made a video of the first time that I flowered Hoya carmelae back in 2022 after trying to bloom it for years at that point. The plants were so tiny, and unimpressive. Well those days are over, and I think you would be very hard pressed to find a nicer specimen then this one hiding in a basement grow tent in Vermont. It is 30 inches high and covered in buds. I pulled the plant out and photographed in on the dining room table this morning.

Hoya Sunrise Has Gotten Too Large To Fiddle With Any Longer

Sadly I decided this week to take a few cuttings and to dispose of this giant Hoya Sunrise. I love the plant, but it finally got to large to handle, and it was too difficult to try to keep watered. I am going to try to grow it as a trailing basket the next go round. Here are a couple of photos before I said goodbye: