I’ve tried sticky traps. I’ve tried mosquito granules. I’ve even relied on tiny spiders. Nothing has worked as well as my Pinguicula agnata, nor given
Month: May 2023
![Hoya rotundiflora](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rotundiflora-thumb.png)
In the hoya world, the conversations may start with flowers, but eventually they come down to leaves. As amazing as some of the blooms are,
![Hoya kentiana inner variegation](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/kentiana-thumb.png)
Sometimes after you get a plant home, and you live with it for a while, you can get a bit of buyer’s remorse. It looked
![Hoya nabawanensis](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nabawanensis-thumb.png)
Typically, when a plant name ends in “ensis” it refers to a place. In this case that place is Nabawan, the capital of the Nabawan
![Hoya pubicalyx 'Silver-Pink'](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/pubicalyx-thumb.png)
I ordered this hoya, Hoya pubicalyx, a couple of years ago because I wanted a hoya with really splashy leaves. At the time I didn’t
![Hoya sp kalimantan](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/kalimantan-thumb.png)
This plant, Hoya sp Kalimantan, was on my wish list, then off my wish list, then back on again. Several times. Even when it was
![Hoya scortechinii and Hoya parviflora](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/scortechinii-parviflora-thumb.png)
For a very long time these two hoyas, Hoya scortechinii and Hoya parviflora, were one leaf wonders. Seriously, just one leaf each, very long time,
![Hoya verticillata (hellwigiana)](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hellwigiana-thumb.png)
It’s another one of those hoyas that has been reclassified of late. So, now Hoya hellwigiana is Hoya verticillata (hellwigiana). Which isn’t as much fun
![Phalaenopsis Orchid](https://plantedinri.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/phalaenopsis-thumb.png)
So, I’m watching one of Becca’s @BeccaDeLaPlants recent videos, and she mentioned that she’s intimidated by orchids and I thought “girl, they sell ‘em everywhere,