For a long time, they were my one-leaf wonders. Each one of the cuttings arrived with some roots and a single leaf. Hoya rigidifolia, H scortechinii, and H parviflora were all, at some point, wish list plants. Hoyas for which I hunted. They didn’t show up for sale that often and I was happy to get them.
They all arrived lightly rooted, very lightly. I think a couple of them went into coco peat and perlite when they arrived, and one went into my pon-ish. It felt like I waited, and waited, and waited. They didn’t die, but neither did they thrive. In hindsight, I think that they’re likely slower growers, and the flat mite thing probably didn’t help. Once they started, however, they have been steady.
One look at those leaves and you can see why I didn’t want to give up on them, why I granted them real estate for a long time. They’ve all got long, narrow leaves with varying degrees of splash, yet the textures are different from one another. Each new tiny leaf, each new growth of vine, makes me glad I hung in there.
Sometimes I’m on a big leaf or a wide leaf kick, sometimes veiny leaves. I guess I was looking for narrow leaves, and I’m pretty good for now. Although of late I have been looking at skinny leaves, and there is a difference between narrow and skinny leaves, so the hunt goes on.
I’ll keep you posted.
