A little more on the state of my plants... H. cv. 'Jennifer' is putting on some new growth. This is one that doesn't really do much for me. I may trade it this year for something else. Maybe some more cuttings of retusa, a little weird un-Hoya-like Hoya. Another I plan to trade off is guppyii. It's starting to grow, but I found out it's a eriostemma, which I can't really grow well here. I got it from Ted, and I specifically told him that if any of my choices were eriostemmas to let me know so I could change it to something else. Thanks, Ted!


H. 'Iris Marie' has at least 13 new growth points! That's the most of any of the younger Hoyas I have. I wasn't really sure if I liked this Hoya, but it seems to be growing on me. It looks more like a fig tree gone weird than a Hoya. I've got it in the west window in the spare bedroom and it seems to like it there. Seems like it was getting some sunburning in the GH. In the west window, it's getting bright reflected light in the a.m. (off a close neighbor's house), then a couple hours of mid-day sun, but the burgandy blinds probably absorb a lot of the harsh rays.

H. compacta, which I've been growing in the bathroom, is finally putting on new growth all over the place. I grow it in the bathroom so that it won't be around any other plants. In the past when I grew it, it got mealies and it was utterly impossible to get rid of them in all those nooks and crannies. Well, I figure if I keep it away from ALL other plants, it has a better chance of never getting even one... So far so good!


"Moonstones" (Pachyphytum oviferum) is looking fabulous, and I even got some blooms from them this year. I just brought a potfull home from work and "beefed" it up with some from here, a few little Haworthias and a few stands of that rather annoying Plectranthus prostatus I grow. I think I'll take it back today and drop it off on my way to my C&S club meeting. I'll be doing that with all the pots in the next few weeks until they're all ready to go outside as soon as it warms up.


Adenium boehmianum is showing signs of leafing out. I'm hopeful that it will bloom this year. As it and obesum start to show signs of growing, I'm going to start watering the crap out of them. I almost got my obesum to flower last year. It set buds as it was getting rained on every couple of days. Then it dried out too much and dropped the buds. So I think that taught me that they need to be treated like a tropical when they're in growth mode.


Dischidiopsis parasitica - thought I might lose it a few months ago. I lost one of the plants in the pot - it just started rotting off. The other plant held on and now it has 6 new growth points! Yay! If it grows enough for me this year, I'll have to give some to BJ as she was really admiring it...

H. carnosa cv. 'Minibelle' is both growing and budding up. It's bloomed for me before and they're pretty much carnosa-type flowers. Quite pretty, a little darker pink, but a bit smaller. Last year, I think it was just one peduncle that bloomed a couple times. Looks like there are new ones this year, so I may get more than one bloom at a time.


H. subquintuplinervis (a mouthfull, to be sure!) looks like it has a growth bud. It's another Ted Green cuttings, one that I guessed at which way to root. It rooted right away, so I guessed right that time! A big-leaved one, so I'm anxious to have it grow...


H. finlaysonii, which I got as a cutting from Yale in the summer of '07, has been a VERY slow starter. It rooted for me that summer, but not even an iota of new growth. Last summer, I think it put on two new leaves. Then recently, I noticed it started to put out a little more growth. I sure with I knew the secret of success with this one! Maybe it'll show me what it wants this year!


H. inconspicua is another I got as a cutting from Ted Green last late spring. It's done great since it rooted, and now it's putting on more growth and (yippiee!) it's got a peduncle. I love this one - it looks very elegant. Here's a photo I took awhile back...



It's a beauty! I can't wait for it to be a big, sprawling plant! I think it definitely needs to be in a hanging pot at some point, but for right now, it looks great in one of BJ's funky pots. I also have davidcummingii in one of her pots. It's very similar to inconspicua, only a bit more delicate. Here's a photo...






Both are pretty plants, and I'm very happy I added them to my collection. Can't wait to get flowers on them!

'Krinkle 8' has new growth on the smaller plants I added to the pot last year. I think I may move it up to a bigger pot this year (maybe). I marked the end of the oldest growth, which is about 3' long, so I know when it starts growing again. I moved it from the top shelf to a second shelf where I let the 3' hang down along the shelf leg, and I clipped it to the leg. This way, I can see it all the time instead of having to climb on my ladder to look at it. It's a very pretty plant!

I have two Sanseverias that have flower spikes. S. 'J2922' is one, and I have a bloom photo on PT, so I know it's bloomed before. I've got it in the south window in the sunroom. Seems to like it, I guess!! The other is parva and it's in the GH on a bottom shelf. I repotted it last fall, so it must be happy in it's new pot. That big cylindrica I found at HD got a new leaf that must be nearly a yard long! I expect it will bloom soon.


Off to get ready for my club meeting!