When he arrived, it was as another free “thank you” cutting that I didn’t know anything about. It was toward the end of the lockdown, and I was, as it seems most hoya heads were, just the slightest bit obsessed with lacunosa.
But the label, Hoya lacunosa ‘Giant Leaf’, piqued my interest. We love lacunosa for their small leaves, so what would a giant leafed, small leafed lacunosa be like. He was lightly rooted in sphag, so I settled him into bark. Which seemed a good choice, at least to me. It appears he had other ideas.
After many months with very little growth, I decided to move him to pon and self-watering. Moving a hoya to pon is a delicate, time-consuming process; you’re going to damage some roots and there is going to be a period of recovery. But the end results can be great. So, I did, and he did, and here we are.
The descriptor holds true. Some of the largest leaves so far are 3” long and .75” wide (7.62cm x 1.9cm), which I think, for a lacunosa, qualifies as “giant”. He’s just getting into a growth spurt, and I’m excited to see what’s to come.
I’ll keep you posted.
