Hoya questions!
Some things I'm pondering abt. I bought this Hoya 'Rebecca' yest. Being my first hoya, i've got some questions.
1. It's in a 10cm/4" pot, does it need a repotting?
2. It's got like ~20 peduncs, abt 4 are budding and there's one already open. Being outside it's bound to get pollinated someway somehow. I understand it's a hybrid hoya, a lacunosa 'Langkawi Island' x obscura. My question is, if pollinated will it still fruit, being a hybrid? Oh and will the seeds still be viable? If so how do you sow them?
3. Can i take cuttings with peduncles still attached? Or will the peduncles sap up energy from the cutting?
4. Will hoyas climb? As you can see it's on a fence. Will it eventually spread across the fence?
Thx in advance!
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1. It's in a 10cm/4" pot, does it need a repotting?
2. It's got like ~20 peduncs, abt 4 are budding and there's one already open. Being outside it's bound to get pollinated someway somehow. I understand it's a hybrid hoya, a lacunosa 'Langkawi Island' x obscura. My question is, if pollinated will it still fruit, being a hybrid? Oh and will the seeds still be viable? If so how do you sow them?
3. Can i take cuttings with peduncles still attached? Or will the peduncles sap up energy from the cutting?
4. Will hoyas climb? As you can see it's on a fence. Will it eventually spread across the fence?
Thx in advance!
#HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #PropagationStation #PlantTherapy #NewPlants #Hoya #HoyaHangout #HoyaHeads
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 month ago
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@Araceae I can help with a couple of these! Hoyas need repotting but only infrequently. Anecdotally I’ve heard of some staying in the same pot for decades, but they at least do not require frequent repotting and do not like their shallow roots messed with.
Some Hoyas do climb, but from what I know they like climbing upwards, and their vines will die if you forced them or trellis them to point downwards, so I am not sure if they will climb along a fence 🧐
@MusicalRedmint
Some Hoyas do climb, but from what I know they like climbing upwards, and their vines will die if you forced them or trellis them to point downwards, so I am not sure if they will climb along a fence 🧐
@MusicalRedmint
Hey you, congrats on your first hoya. I know you've been on the lookout for a while and I'm so happy you found one via the channels open to you. What a great graduation present.
I would still not say, I'm a hoya expert myself, but here are my thoughts:
1 Repotting mostly depends on your watering (or in your case rain situation) and the trust that you place in your seller regarding whether it's in adequate soil. The size of the pot doesn't necessarily matter. They survive even in the tiniest pot, provided they get water more frequently. However, with all my very rootbound hoyas, I've also noticed veritable explosions of growth when they were repotted into bigger pots. So I'd take a look at the quality of the medium and on how many roots you already have in the pot. And then decide. As for medium: think orchids, maybe somewhat more water retentive for most. I have mine in a mixture of a bit of coco peat, perlite, orchid bark, etc. In your climate I would say, to err more on the airier side, since they are great at taking in humidity via their leaves.
2 No idea on the pollination question.
3 I would leave the peduncle on if it's a healthy strong cutting. I've gotten several cuttings from my seller with peduncles attached, some even bloomed and I didn't feel it was a detriment to the cutting. In some cases, the plant just took care of them and dropped them. But since the Rebecca keeps old peduncles and reblooms on them whenever, why cut them. If there's no energy, it just won't bloom on them. I've even taken a cutting with a peduncle of the sister plant, the Sunrise: even while it was still rooting, it bloomed on it without slowing down growth, as far as I could tell.
4. Like @dreammachine already said (thanks for the tag btw) : hoyas vary widely in that regard. I don't have the Rebecca and can only go by my Sunrise experience and would say it's very easy going and can do whatever. I first had my Sunrise on a trellis, but then decided to have it in a hanger where it had been happy enough. My mother's (a cutting I gifted) is still on a trellis. It does seem to like growing upright, but I do not see it vining as much as the "true" climbers. So my guess would be, the Rebecca won't take over your fence all by itself, but will be happy to follow along if you decide to guide it a bit (keeping @dreammachine's advice in mind that when you do so not to direct the tips of the vines point downward because otherwise the plant might abort them. )
In any case: 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Enjoy your first hoya. I'm sure it will do terrific I'm your conditions and under your care.
I would still not say, I'm a hoya expert myself, but here are my thoughts:
1 Repotting mostly depends on your watering (or in your case rain situation) and the trust that you place in your seller regarding whether it's in adequate soil. The size of the pot doesn't necessarily matter. They survive even in the tiniest pot, provided they get water more frequently. However, with all my very rootbound hoyas, I've also noticed veritable explosions of growth when they were repotted into bigger pots. So I'd take a look at the quality of the medium and on how many roots you already have in the pot. And then decide. As for medium: think orchids, maybe somewhat more water retentive for most. I have mine in a mixture of a bit of coco peat, perlite, orchid bark, etc. In your climate I would say, to err more on the airier side, since they are great at taking in humidity via their leaves.
2 No idea on the pollination question.
3 I would leave the peduncle on if it's a healthy strong cutting. I've gotten several cuttings from my seller with peduncles attached, some even bloomed and I didn't feel it was a detriment to the cutting. In some cases, the plant just took care of them and dropped them. But since the Rebecca keeps old peduncles and reblooms on them whenever, why cut them. If there's no energy, it just won't bloom on them. I've even taken a cutting with a peduncle of the sister plant, the Sunrise: even while it was still rooting, it bloomed on it without slowing down growth, as far as I could tell.
4. Like @dreammachine already said (thanks for the tag btw) : hoyas vary widely in that regard. I don't have the Rebecca and can only go by my Sunrise experience and would say it's very easy going and can do whatever. I first had my Sunrise on a trellis, but then decided to have it in a hanger where it had been happy enough. My mother's (a cutting I gifted) is still on a trellis. It does seem to like growing upright, but I do not see it vining as much as the "true" climbers. So my guess would be, the Rebecca won't take over your fence all by itself, but will be happy to follow along if you decide to guide it a bit (keeping @dreammachine's advice in mind that when you do so not to direct the tips of the vines point downward because otherwise the plant might abort them. )
In any case: 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Enjoy your first hoya. I'm sure it will do terrific I'm your conditions and under your care.
@DreamMachine @SunSoilLove @MusicalRedmint thanks! Two more peduncs opened their buds, and there's ants crawling over the blooms already XD! I don't blame them, i'd get high on the jasmine scent too. Anyways i suppose i might have pollination soon so i guess i could trial and error