I just discovered that sp. 'Nong Nooch' has a new shoot! Two new leaves, though small, seem to be developing - one is far enough along it looks safe to touch. I'm very excited! I got this one from Carol 2 years ago and it's never done a darn thing. I put it in semi-hydro last spring and it still didn't do anything all summer long. Well, it's finally growing. It's going to be a beauty! And I'll be glad when it's put on enough new foliage that I can take off the damaged leaf, or it will at least be hidden by new foliage...




And I took down H. mitrata this morning, search it thoroughly for new growth and found a teeny tiny shoot coming from near the base of one of the plants. Yay! I may need to move that one to one of those 8" pots I get from Awanda (need to order some...) Now, if it would just bloom for me!



Another one to talk about - subquintuplinervis (wow, I checked to see if I spelled that right and I did - without looking!!) This one is here in the room with my computer... I was looking for new growth a couple days ago and found a peduncle is forming! Amazing - it's a cutting I got from Ted Green in May of '08, so that's pretty fast, really. Then this morning, I see a little growth nubbin just a little beyond the peduncle. It will be interesting to watch them grow.


Latifolia's bud continues to grow. I got my new camera yesterday and tested it with a quick photo of the bud forming...

You can tell I took the photo straight up with all the light behind it (see the clouds in the sky through the roof glass?) I also got up there and watered latifolia, thinking surely it's pretty dry (which it was...) I hope it doesn't drop the buds! I've been looking forward to this one blooming for me someday. I've had the damn thing for 4 years!

I also discovered a peduncle forming on pallida!! I love this small laved Hoya - the very succulent leaves have raised veins, making it look textured. I hope it grows a lot for me this year.

'Chelsea' continues to be a problem child for me. I think I'll put it outside this summer to try to kick it into growing. I have a few others like that, too, that will likely be put outside to try to encourage new growth.

I was going to place an order with Gardino's, but it seems all the ones I wanted are sold out now. So I'm going to place a pretty large order for Liddle cuttings. I hope I have a good a success rate as I did last year!

Monday, I sent out my first two boxes of cuttings for this year, and then Wednesday, I got my first box of plants for this spring. It came from Kelly from WV - she sent me a Hoya dasyantha (an established plant, no less!) and some very nice cuttings of linearis. The dasyantha has carnosa-shaped leaves (though larger) but they're more veined like fungii. It looks like it could be a real beauty! And I put the linearis in hydroton to see if maybe it will do better for me that way. Her mama plant must be awsome looking at these cuttings!!