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Rare Hoya plants growing information

There are well over 200 varieties of hoya plants – some very common and some very rare / hard to obtain.  AdeniumRose Company is in the process of having rare hard to obtain hoya plants contract grown to be ready to ship to us in January.  The hoya plants are being grown from small clippings in a very controlled environment to greatly improve success rate and root growth rates. Here in Southeast Florida we are propagating from cuttings with a very high success rate in a 75% natural light screened area.  Since we just about always warm in southeast Florida we are able to start hoyas from clippings just about year round without heat lamps or artificial lights.

Very rare very large hoya flower imperiallis white
Very rare very large hoya flower imperialis white

The clippings we are using have 3..5 leaves on them and many have small roots one the vines before we take the clipping. Some varieties of hoyas do not produce roots along the vines in the air (out of soil) so the success rate of growing from those hoya plants cuttings is lower.  Once we clip a section of the parent hoya plant we wait 3 days before we soak the clipping in Dyna-Gro K-L-N for 20 minutes – we do not use powder rooting hormones.  After soaking the clipping the plant is placed in soil and then watered 24 hours later. Do not water right away. It’s better to give the plant time to absorb the K-L-N nutrients for 24 hours first.

Presently we are growing 15 different hoyas types from cuttings at our Miami facility.    Here is a list of the hoya plants we are having contract grown for us in Thailand which we should received in late January or February and then ready to list on our site around May:

hoya Pink Archboldiana
hoya rotundiflora (sp.square leaf)
hoya anulata
hoya blashernaezii
hoya caudata
hoya darwinii
hoya lucardenasiana
hoya sigillatis
hoya glabra
hoya lobbii “cream flowers”
hoya lobbii “dark red (black) flowers”
hoya neo-ebudica
hoya flagellata
hoya halconensis
hoya forbesii
hoya montana
hoya caudata sumatra
hoya alagensis
hoya erythrostemma “QSBG”
hoya sp. chicken farm
hoya sp. miari jaya 58
hoya imperialis “white flower”

If you have questions or special hoya variety request please let us know.   If we have a parent plant or obtain one we can have hoyas desired grown here in Miami or Thailand.

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Caring for hoya plants just received

Hoya plant pubicalyx splash with two tone leaves
Hoya plant pubicalyx splash with two tone leaves

Several client have requested from AdeniumRose Company information on what we do when we receive hoyas bare root without soil.  Most of the time we received hoya plants in coir husks from our Thailand growers (not soil/no moisture). They usually have 2..3 leaves with the a couple very small roots. They call them rooted cuttings – we call them barely rooted hoya cuttings. Being as small as they are AdeniumRose Company takes extra care to get them to survive from being out of soil and moisture for 2 weeks in a shipping container.

As soon as the hoya plants arrive they are taken out of the box, sorted and mist the roots. Once we are ready to pot the succulent plants (usually day 2); we soak the whole hoya plant including the leaves in Dyna-Gro K-L-N with bit of Dyna-Gro Tekt which helps the plant to adsorb the nutrients of the K-L-N faster for 30 minutes. Remember these are tiny plants that we grow for several months into well established thriving hoya plants – they need to get a food start.

The soil  used by AdeniumRose Company for the Hoya plants is very similar to the soil used for the Adeniums except instead of 10% soil it has about 15% soil (65%perlite, 15% core, 15% soil, 5% rock). Once potted in 5″ round pots they are put in 100% natural 70% sunlight. The day after they are potted they are watered and started on the same watering schedule with AdeniumRose Company’s established hoya plants.

Hoyas have very few problems. They are great hanging or climbing plants for sunny windows areas. Hoyas plants are easy to grow and they are usually pest free. However, there are a couple of pests and problems associated with all succulents and cactus. 95% of all Hoya growing failures are due to the soil retaining too much water. The plants love water as long as they do not sit in water. The soil needs to be very porous and “airy” so water and air can flow through it.

Fungus: Another problem you may see is black spots or fungus What causes it? Humidity and/or water dripping/sitting on the leaves. You do not need to mist your hoyas.

Pests: White flies/spider mites and mealy bugs. We rarely see these on our hoyas but if you do treat the plant using soap based insecticide (wipe the leaves first to get the bugs off). Continue the light spray treatment for 3 weeks even if you do not see any more pests. Make sure you spray top and bottom of the leaves.

Wire wrapping/Supporting your vines: some hoyas like to climb and others like to hang. Use plant clips to help support the vines growth. Do not wire wrap the vines. Instead train the vines around the hanging pot wires or the trellis with the clips.

Our 2nd shipment of Hoyas will arrive in January and should be released by May/June of 2016.  Adeniumrose Company sent the list of hoya plant varieties desired for our next shipment last week.  If you have a particular hoya plant variety you desire please send a comment and we will try to grow it. The hoyas we are contract propagated for AdeniumRose Company by our growers.

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Adenium plants with three types of flowers in one

AdeniumRose Company just received in on September 8th thirty adenium plants that have three different flower types on each plant. All the desert rose plants three-in-one have caudex above soil line of 3″ wide or larger. When they create these plants they take a large or extra large adenium plant and graft rosy adenium plant flower branches types onto it.

desert rose plant
3-in-1 adenium plants. Each one has three different desert rose rosy flower types.

The first image shows 10″ pots along side  4.5″ and 6″ pots. The 3-in-1 adenium plants are in the left two rows in the round 10″ AND 6″ POTS pots.

The 4.5″ adenium plant pots (far right bottom) are the standard adeniums with caudex of 1.75″ to 2.5″. The desert rose plants in the 6″ pots have a caudex of 3″ to 4″. The adenium plants in the 10″ pot have caudex of 4.5″ and large plus the underground root system are larger too than the 6″ pots.

The second image of adenium plants are all three-in-ones.  All the desert rose plant flower types according to the Thailand supplier are rosy adeniums. Rosy means the flowers have multiple layers of petals similar to a rose bush flower.  Notice the height of the plant too.

adenium three flowers in one plant
Desert rose plants. Three different rosy flower type in one plant.

The larger the pot size the taller the desert rose plant. Not all desert rose plants are tall some are wide and have a compact adenium form. Please note these are not release to the general public at this time (September 2015). If you are a seasoned adenium plant, desert rose plant, collector we will offer them to you as you see them in the image (yes, some are already sold). Otherwise we have a planned release date of January/February time frame in time for spring in most areas of the USA.  Contact us through our web site at www.epicgrower.com contact page if you want these adenium plants now.

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Jumbo and extra large adenium plant list

Several clients have ask for the list of the Jumbo and extra large adenium plants received from Thailand on September 8th, 2015.  AdeniumRose Company usually waits three months before offering the desert rose plants received to allow them to leaf out.

However, if you are an experienced adenium plant, cactus or cactus grower and you want a large or jumbo size adenium plant now before your dormant period  please let us know.  Use the AdeniumRose contact page for requests.  I will update the list here once ever week until they are listed on the AdeniumRose site.  If you request a certain plant and it already sold we will let you know. No we do not have images of the  individual plants or flowers. The list has the size of the plant and the flower based on the Thailand grower. Thailand growers are not 100% accurate so the actual flower color may be different than whats listed.

All are suppose to be ROSY type multi petal adenium plants “desert roses”.  These plants, due to their size, are heavy (3.5 to 6 pounds each) and large (wide and high) so we will need to send an shipping estimate.  The size difference between Jumbo and an extra large is based on the caudex size, height and weight of the plant.  The desert rose plants that are listed as special have more interesting shapes and/or many more branches than normal.

J = Jumbo   XL-Large

2 in 1 = two different flowers types in one plant

3 in 1 = three different flower types in one plant

Size -> Caudex width x caudex depth x height above coil line

Type
G1 A J 6 x 6 x 22 violet Sold
G1 B XL 7 x 4 x 12 violet $49.95
G1 C J 7 x 5 x15 violet $64.97
G1 D XL 6 x 4 x 14 violet $49.95
G1 E J 6 x 6 x 19 violet $64.97
G1 F J 6 x 6 x 23 special violet Sold
G1 G XL 7 x 4 x 16 violet $64.97
G2 A J 7 x 4.5 x 16 red w/pink  Sold
G2 B XL 6 x 4 x15 red w/pink $49.97
G2 C J 7 x 6 x 24 special red w/pink Sold
G2 D J 7 x 4 x 17 special red w/pink Sold
G2 E XL 8 x 4 x 10 red w/pink $49.95
G3 A J 7 x 5 x 23 special Red $67.97
G3 B XL 6 x 4 x 21 special Red $59.97
G3 C J 6 x 5 x 23 Red $64.97
G3 D J 6 x 5 x 23 Red $64.97
G3 E XL 5.5. x 5 x 15 Red $49.95
G3 F J 7 x 4 x 19 Red $64.97
G3 G J 7 x 4 x 18 Red $64.97
G3 H XL 4.5 x 4 x 21 Red $49.95
G3 I J 7 x 4 x 21 Red  Sold
G3 J J 7 x 8 x 21 Red $64.97
G3 K XL 6 x 4 x 123 Red $49.95
G3 L J 7 x 6 x 24 Red Sold
G3 M XL 6 x 4 x 15 Red $49.95
G4 XL 7 x 5 x 13 Red w/white stripe Sold
G5 A XL 6 x 4 x 14 Deep Violet $49.95
g5 B XL 6 x 4 x 19 Deep Violet $49.95
G6 XL 8 x 5 x 14 special Two in one Violet and red Sold
G7 A XL 8 x 4 x 16 special red with pink rim $55.97
G7 B XL 6 x 4 x 17 special red with pink rim $55.97
G7 C XL 6 x 5 x 14 red with pink rim $49.95
G8 A J 8 x 4 x 16 special yellow Sold
G8 B J 7 x 5 x 22 yellow Sold
G9 A XL 5 x 4 x 22 Yellow w/white stripe $49.95
G9 B XL 6 x 5 x 20 Yellow w/white stripe $49.95
G9 C XL 7 x 5 x 13 Yellow w/white stripe $49.95
G9 D XL 7 x 4 x 20 Yellow w/white stripe Sold
G9 E XL 5 x 5 x 17 Yellow w/white stripe Sold
G9 F XL 5 x 4 x 17 Yellow w/white stripe $49.95
G10 XL 6 x 4 x 12 Yellow w/white stripe $49.95
G11 A XL 6 x 4 x 14 Dark red  Sold
G11 B XL 6 x 4 x 13 Dark red $49.95
G11 C J 7 x 4 x 16 special Dark red Sold
G11 D XL 6 x 5 x 19 Dark red $49.95
G11 E XL 5 x 4 x 14 Dark red $49.95
G11 F XL 5 x 5 x 14 Dark red $49.95
G12 J 7 x 6 x 22 special 3-in-one red/yellow/pink Sold
G13 J 7 x 5 x 17 special white with red rim Sold
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Growing Hoya plants, wax plants, in various climates

 

hoya plant or wax plant
Hoya bordenii rare hoya plant

We recently received a few questions about growing hoya plants including some people saying hoyas cannot be grown in southern Florida which is a myth.  Prior to starting AdeniumRose Company I grew hoya plants on a patio in south Florida and they consistently flowered for many years. They were in 12″ pots hanging down from a height of 8 feet to the ground in a covered patio area. They grow so fast I continually needed to cut them back otherwise they would be touching the ground. Hoyas are TROPICAL succulent plants that grow great in partial shade outdoors and in-doors in many different climates.

Hoya plants will grow in high humidity to average humidity areas outdoors.  They prefer partial shade because full sun can cause leaf burn. As an indoor plant, hoyas prefer 6..7 hours of 70% to 80% sunlight a day to flower.  We use a soil mix a little richer in organic materials than we do for our adeniums and other succulents. However, just like any succulent the soil must drain quickly and be airy to prevent root rot. Hoyas do not mind being root bound and some varieties even bloom faster if root bound.  However, do not repot to a smaller pot from a large pot just to get them to flower faster because you will damage the root system

All AdeniumRose Company’s grow the wax plants in hanging pots have drainage holes open and they are watered about twice a week from late winter through fall. You need to adjust your watering schedule based upon your growing season.  Yes, you can grow your hoyas outdoors during the warmer months. Remember to bring them in doors as the temperatures get below 50 degrees. During the slow growing months (winter) we reduce the watering to once a week and make sure the soil is 90% dry before watering.

P.S. Hoyas are also know as wax and Hindu rope plants.

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Hoya plants release very soon – list of types attached

Adeniumrose Company is in the process of inputting the Hoya plants information on the website. We plan to release about 20 – 22 varieties in 1..2 weeks. These hoyas, also known as wax plants,  were received about 4 months ago as barely rooted cuttings. Now they are much larger and growing great roots.

Images will be taken of the hoya plants so people have an image of the size right before we release them. Here is a list of the plants AdeniumRose Company plans to release:

hoya lacunosa

hoya incrassata variegata

hoya carnosa tricolor

hoya cumingiana

hoya lacunosa x obscura

hoya macrophylla

hoya australis ssp australis

hoya elliptica

hoya pubicalyx splash

hoya dolichosparte pink

hoya sp. pola

hoya rigida

hoya kenejiana red corona

hoya kenejiana variegata

hoya cv. jennifer

hoya cv. Optimistic

hoya cv routine

hoya imperialis red

hoya pentaphlebia

hoya sp. phu wua

hoya sp sarawak

hoya glabra schlechter 1908

Please note we have a limited number of each type of hoya plants. All of them are growing in 5 in hanging pots but will be shipped bare root with a moisten towel around the roots.  Rooted hoyas do ship well and we plant to use USPS priority mail (1..3 day transit).

All the hoyas AdeniumRose Company grows are in 65% to 70% sunlight for about 5..6 hours a day. Presently, they are getting very high humidity (90% plus) and 90+ degree weather and they are doing great. Many years ago I lived in Atlanta and grow them year round inside next to a window that received sun about 6..8 hours a day during the summer and 5..6 hours during winter. The glass was lightly tinted a bit so I’m guessing 75% sun rating.

If would not put them in direct sunlight for more than 3 hours if possible (morning sun light). They do better with shaded or indirect light but longer hours.  Not all Hoyas ave the same growth requirements but they are all very similar.  Some hoya plants require a bit more light and others less so you many want to move them around a bit and record the movement so you can track which ones like more or less sun exposure.

 

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Fat plants as know as caudiciform plants growing from seed

This past two weeks Adeniumrose Company has stated to grow fat plants beyond adenium desert rose plants. Fat plants, also known as caudiciforms, consist of plants of many types that form a fat stem, fat exposed roots or fat thick trunk.  There are many different many different caudiciform plants that range in height from a few inches to over 30 feet tall (Baobab tree a pachycaul).  Plants with fat stems or trunks are called Pachycauls.

Growing fat plants by seed is a bit more difficult than growing adeniums which is a fat plant since each fat plant type requires different growing considerations. One thing they all have in common is the need to have well drained soil since just about all of the fat plants are succulents or cactus. Since AdeniumRose Company is located is sunny just about always warm we are able to start growing the seeds now without the worry from March through September.

The ones

Epicgrower Company started this month consist of 10 different fat plants and about 100 seeds of each.  If all goes well by this time next year many will be offered on our site. We are using the same soil mixture we use to grow adeniums by see except for a couple which will be in a mix with 50% perlite instead of 65%. The soil also contains core 20% to 30% , and about 10% soil.

The first batch of two different types of fat plants were planted two weeks ago and they are both germinating at a rate of about 50%.  Adeniumrose company is using a few different seed sources for the fat plants to see who has a better germination rate. We will keep you posted with images in the near future as the caudiciforms plants pop out of the soil (germinate).

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AdeniumRose plant discount codes and coupons

Plant discount codes and coupons codes have been extended through August 20, 2015 on the AdeniumRose Company website for all cactus, adeniums, plumerias and succulents.  Remember to put in the codes during checkout to get the discount.  Do not use Amazon Checkout to use the codes. The Amazon checkout does not have a method to put in coupon or discount codes for the plants. The free shipping coupon code is always on the first page of the Adeniumrose website. Remember free shipping does not include soil or jumbo plants. Also, free shipping is only for the continental USA excluding Alaska.

Here are the coupon codes except for the FaceBook coupon codes (please see our Facebook page www.facebook.com/epicgrower):

Use code:   Spec15%Off     Get 15% off coupon from AdeniumRose Company. This coupon is good for orders of $67 or more.  You can use it as many times as you want from now until August 30, 2015

Use code: FreeShip2015   Get free shipping on orders of $97 or more continental USA only.  This coupon excludes Soil purchases, pots and JUMBO Plants.  Jumbo plants are listed as Specials on the website from time to time.  Use it as many times as you want until December 31, 2015

Special notices to clients: Between August 18th and August 24rd we will not be making any shipments from the nursery. We will accept orders and put the plants aside to ship on Tuesday.

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Mid summer time to increase fertilzation of adeniums, plumerias

prickly pear plant
Prickly pear flowering cactus

First, yes I know plumeria plants are not succulents; however, many followers of this blog collect the colorful flowering plumerias so I’m including them in this blog post. The plumeria plants in southeast are still blooming and we expect them to continue blooming through September in our area. South Florida is in the middle of the tropical rainy season with many thunderstorms dumping inches of rain every day.

The adenium plants, plumerias, prickly pears, echeverias and all our plants are receiving rain every day (no we do not grow under a greenhouse what-so-ever). However even with daily rain we still water the plants once a month and the remainder of the time rely on the time released fertilizer during the summer.  It’s important to remember that water leaches out nutrients from the soil quickly. Since you should be using potting a mix with less than 15% soil the nutrients will be deplete after a couple short months.

In the desert areas, where you get much less rain, we highly recommend increasing watering of your succulent and tropical plants now through early September. Fertilization of the plants increase the growth, health and resistance to problems.

The adeniums (desert roses) and other plants are in their main growth period for the year. If you have not transplanted your adenium plants (if needed) do so now before the end of the month or wait until next year. In small pots the adeniums will push up exposing more of the roots (caudex) as it grows. Under the soil the cramped roots will get twisted so when you do re-pot the adeniums you will have interesting shapes.

We purchased several inexpensive inline automatic fertilization kits and installed them about 2 years ago. No we do not sell the kits. The ones we use are called by EZ-Flow.  We use two 2 gallon EZ-Flow kits per plant section (one with Dyna-Gro Grow and one with Tekt during the summer).  Each watering we alternate the fertilizer so each section gets a dose once every month. EZ-Flow has all types of kits including ones that connect to a hose lines (3/4 or gallon size will work great for most hobbyists).  They are simple to install!

The only plants not out in the open are the Hoyas which like less direct sun than other succulents and cactus plants. The hoya plants are receive 70% sunlight for 8 hours a day in a screened in area. They are doing great. Yes, AdeniumRose Company has increased the watering of the hoyas too!  Plan to see a release of hoya plants in late August or early September.