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A Puzzlement.

When the sulfur treatment was done and I started rinsing off this Hoya caudata ‘Sumatra’, I wondered how I would know when the sulfur was

For me, at least. I’ve been growing orchids for a long time, nothing terribly fancy, but we’ve figured it out. I appreciate the glossy leaves,

When I hear people talk about cacti being easy ‘cause you don’t have to do anything, you don’t even have to water them, I don’t

I think this is where it all started. This Hoya callistophylla was one of my first hoyas, and one of the first “fancy” hoyas I

With any new plant comes the hope that it will grow under your care, and most do not disappoint. Some, however, go that extra mile,

We’ve have our ups and downs this Hoya curtisii and I. He was a wish list plant for a while, but I never saw him

I ordered this plant because it was recommended, not to me personally, but on Doug Chamberlin’s website, Vermont Hoyas. He said it was a good

Small leaf hoya; love me some lacunosa, got a taste for tsangi, crave krohniana. Then every so often I want a hoya with bigger leaves,

It’s like one of those crazy late night infomercials; “but wait, there’s more”. I’d seen Hoya pachyclada around, and it was nice enough that I

I wasn’t sure why I ordered this hoya. It isn’t what most people think of when they picture a hoya, it certainly wasn’t what I