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RE: All hail the Hoya.

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The Hoya plant, also known as the Hindu Rope or Wax plant, has been enjoyed for years and is very popular among many home gardeners. It's a vining plant with thick, waxy looking leaves and can produce beautiful flowers. Many people like to grow them in hanging baskets. The Hoya plant has wheel-like clusters of porcelain or waxy flowers. The flowers typically have stars in their crowns and often produce a unique, enjoyable fragrance.�
Light: Bright indirect light year-round. Hoyas will live in low light, but will not bloom. It's also important to give them darkness at night. Plants need a rest, too. Once your plant has formed flower buds, don't move it around. Changes in light levels can cause flower buds to shrivel up or fall off before they open.
Water: Water spring through fall, allowing soil to dry out a bit between waterings. Flowering Hoya plants are thirsty, but don't like to sit in soggy soil. Use room-temperature water for your tropical plants. Cold water can shock them. In winter, water sparingly giving the plant just enough to keep the soil from drying out.
Fertilizer: Feed monthly spring through fall with an organic, diluted liquid fertilizer. 🌿🌸💚 FB_IMG_1524714401531.jpg history of hoya plant:- The exact number of species is a mystery. Bailey’s Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture estimates there are 100 species. Listed at the end of the article are over 550 recoginized species. The most common species, and the one most often seen and grown as a houseplant is Hoya carnosa and Hoya carnosa variegata. FB_IMG_1524714390397.jpg how to care hola plant:- Native to tropic and subtropical regions, most hoyas do equally well in homes, in protected areas or a greenhouse. The hoyas that vine and climb do so by means of small stem rootlets, when untrained, they form a thick mat. Several species make beautiful baskets and look great on a small trellis.FB_IMG_1524714393537.jpg If you do find a hoya dying from a nematode infection, you can salvage leaf and stem cuttings to start new plants. Discard and destroy the roots and soil of an infected plant.

Commonly Grown Hoya “Species”

Hoya australis – has huge, waxen, deep-green leaves measuring nearly four inches across, and splotched with silver. It is a vigorous, strong grower, vining kind with distinctly fragrant flowers, pink with red crowns.

Hoya bandaensis – Sturdy plant with deep-green glossy leaves.

Hoya bella – is a handsome dwarf, small growing species with slender upright branches that droop down as they age; a non climber, small leaves are thick, dark green; flowers are white with purple centers. An old favorite. FB_IMG_1524714407111.jpg thanks to sharing for your valuable post of hoya plant..very well done..my dear friend.. @ctrl-alt-nwo

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