Let's see if I can post pics this time...Hey, it's working! Yay!! Well, this is my Hoya fungii, which popped it's first bloom about 10 days ago - and it still looks great. I think that's the longest a bloom has looked that good, except maybe kerrii, whose flowers are more waxy and compact. Fungii has also shot out some new growth that looks good. It seems to be a very happy plant at this point. I hope I can keep it that way through the winter. With all my new Hoyas, I may have to try to keep the GH a little warmer this winter than in the past. I've heard, though, that we're in an "El Nino" year, so we are supposedly going to have a warmer than normal winter. That's ok by me... as long as we get plenty of precip to keep the ground hydrated.

So here is a pic of fungii, the plant itself :

The leaves are large, nicely veined, dark green, start out feeling thin, but then develop a more succulent feel as they mature. It's one that seems to dry out pretty quickly, so takes a fair amount of water.

I've got a Huernia schnideriana (I think) I put in a bonsai pot and it's one happy plant! It's put on lots of new growth this summer, and then it started blooming a few weeks ago. I love the little burgandy flowers...



Stapeliads are supposed to have stinky flowers, but I've never detected any odor with this one. I used to grow quite a few Huernias and Stapelias, but they are such mealy magnets and they rot if you don't give them the exact right amount of water in winter. A tiny bit too much - mush. Dry a little too long - mush. This one seems to be the most forgiving and not so attractive to mealies, so I've kept it. In fact, I have a big ol' pot full of it at work.


Well, that's enough this time. Hope I can get back sooner next time.