I'm sitting here at work, waiting for my next appointment.  Figured I could start on a post to be finished up later at home...

I've been meticulously starting Hoyas.  I got these little seed starter trays - one has 16, the other 12.  One has a dome the other didn't.  The one with the dome is smaller - I started cuttings from small species in that one - species like curtisii, sigillatis, davidcummingii...  I started some larger ones in the other one, then I put one of the big domes over it.  I'm hoping everything will root quickly so they're ready to sell this spring...

I apparently neglected my Hoya callistrophylla and it's been looking very dehydrated.  So yesterday, I whacked it back and soaked the cuttings with some superthrive in the water.  Later, I planted the cuttings and put some in the aquarium, some in the dome in the GH and the last 4 in a tray that I covered with plastic.  I'm going to go ahead and order a new one from Gardinos, and I'll put what's left o my old plant outside in spring to see if it will recover.  Who knows...it could come back to be one of the nicest Hoyas ever!

Last summer, I whacked away at my bhutanica - nothing radical, but I got it whacked back to nicer, fresher looking growth.  And it took off.  There's nothing quite like a good whacking to make a plant get going! LOL!