Bought this at Lowe's just the other day, kind of a weird looking plant, might be a bit fussy too, time will tell. It looks more like a succulent then your typical hoya. I'm a little worried though. You could tell all of Lowe's houseplants were just watered the day I went there, and it's totally soaked. I mean sopping wet! The pot feels really heavy too. I just hope it doesn't start to rot before it has a chance to dry out:( Cuttings may be in order, just in case, even though it's not the best time of year right now. Has anyone ever rooted cuttings from this plant without much trouble?
i'd take it out of whatever medium it's in and get it into something VERY well draining asap...i wouldn't water it yet either...let it sit in the new medium for a week or so and then give it a drink. with lowe's, you need to find out when they get their shipments in and get to the store within 2-3 days - otherwise, they drown the poor things!! good luck with it!!
You would do cuttings just like any other plant, I have neaver seen a plant like that before now! Everything els I agree with joclyn.
Definitely agree to repot it ASAP, and refrain from keeping the medium too moist. The name escapes me however it bears resemblance to a trailing senecio if it has blue grey leaves? or maybe a trailing Sedum? Still searching...
I removed the plant from the pot and it's sitting on a stack of newspaper on the kitchen table to help dry it out.. It will probably stay on the papers until some time tomorrow. I realized that there isn't enough soil in the bag to change the soi, so that will have to wait a couple days. We are right now in a "calm" from a snow storm, but another storm is on the way, so as soon as it clears, I'll go get more.
blue, how's your h. linearis doing??? i just got one today - from lowe's - and it's a bit on the wet side as well as i'm wondering how yours faired with the 'drying out' on paper and repotting went.
joclyn, Congratulations on getting H. linearis! What size pot? The stacked newspapers helped out a lot in soaking up the "heavy" excess water from the soil. If your new hoya feels too heavy and too wet, I would highly recommend the newspapers. The root-ball on mine slipped right out of the pot. Was I relieved by the end of the night with a much lighter and more dryer plant! The employees at Lowe's always seem to be heavy handed when it comes to watering their plants, most likely more then once a week. If you ever un-hooked a hanging basket to get a better look, 9 times out of 10, you're gonna get water spilled on you from the attached saucer that's almost always filled to the very top of rim! I haven't changed the soil like I thought I would have to. Turns out, once the soil completely dried out, it's a good fast draining soil, and because it's not being over-watered, it's not staying so wet after watering like it was when it was first brought home. I think I can even see some new little leaves coming... Can't wait to see some flowers! They are are supposed to have a nice lemony scent:) Good luck with your new hoya!
lol, i learned the hard way that they overwater the plants - got a ton of water down my arm when i tried to take a hanging plant down... now, i'll take them down and dump the water out...even if i'm not planning on buying them! silly me, i forgot to do that - well, while it felt heavy, when i took it off the rod, it didn't seem over-full, so i didn't tip it. thank goodness i put it in a bag to protect it from the bit of chill in the air because i'd have had a soaked car-seat if it wasn't in the bag. i didn't unpot it last night - just didn't have time - so i'll do that tonight. i did a little research on them...don't remember a comment about scent - sounds nice though! i did find that the flowers can be anywhere from white to cream/tan to yellow. also that it likes to dry out a bit before being watered again. and definitely keep it in a spot where temps don't go below 50. i can't remember, atm, what the best orientation is for it - iirc, it's an eastern exposure. it's in the standard hanging planter ea usually uses for hoya - 8 inch at the top and slimming down to 6 inches at the bottom. probably the same size you have. the soil it's in looks like the standard peat type stuff in mine, so it'll need to be moved to something that's better-draining. it wasn't overly full with stems although some were fairly long...the curtisii that i got a last month is jam-packed with stems! that one wasn't completely sopping (still was pretty moist, though) when i got it and after an initial yellowing of a few leaves on a couple stems, that one is doing fabulously! in fact, i just watered it...hadn't done so since i'd gotten it, and i was pleasantly surprised it's doing so well! i couldn't get to the soil properly there are so many leaves! i also got a philodendron silloum last night...$6.98 for this HUGE plant!! 12-18 inch size pot (i think it's a sale thing they're running). omg! that thing weighed at least 15 pounds and it wasn't water weight either! definitely needs splitting/repotting! i also got a bridal veil plant...couldn't resist since it has purple on the undersides of the leaves ;)
Nothing like a plant "peeing" on ya when all you want to do is look at it and maybe adopt it, lol. Yep, I've done the same thing. un-hooked a plant and dumped the extra water out before it got me..... On the floor:) From what I have read about H. linearis, they don't like any direct sun and do like to dry out completely between waterings. Also, they can be grown in a north window and be happy My H. compacta (hindu rope) won't flower without a lot of it. I do hope the flowers will be yellow, that way, it more matches the lemony scent:) The linearis is the same size as yours (8" pot.) It's hanging in a west window behind sheers, so far, it's seems happy enough. I tried to root a few cuttings from it in a small pot, but for some reason, only one stem rooted, why the others didn't root is a mystery! The little pot looks funny with just one stems sticking out, lol. Some hoyas can take sun, and some hoyas will root like a weed. I'll try to root a few more stems next month and see what happens. I'm not sure if the soil is peat with mine, maybe some of it, but at the same time, it seems a little gritty, very well draining. I swear the pot weighed 30 pounds when it was first brought home! I still have to get some reg soil and cactus soil, it's just been such a cold winter, too darn cold to go anywhere! Now that's it finally warming up, It's a good time to get some, and see what's growing out there! I had some curtisii cuttings yrs ago (un-rooted) and everyone died on me. Some where in water, and they died too! The leaf pattern is fantastic! Plant hunting huh??? I have a "small" philodendron selloum that was rooted from a cutting. It's just two leaves, about as big as your hand and a new leaf not quite yet opened. There is this huge one growing in an old towns store window, ever since seeing it I just had to have one! It's just gonna be a while before it looks anything like that one. Sounds like you got a real good deal with the size plant you bought! Love those types of deals! You just never know when you go out, what good treasures you'll find!
we could do a trade of hoya...some curtisii for something else that you have that i don't. i LOVE good deals, lol! and i always check the $1.00 shelf first - i've brought back quite a few plants from seemingly dead! and, i always look for very full pots otherwise...to have 'back-ups' in case some part dies as well as to have something for trades. i've wanted that phil for a long time and it was always SO expensive...first time i've seen it at lowe's and for such a good price, i just had to get it! there are at least 4 good-sized plants in it with at least a half dozen offshoots going (maybe a few more that i won't find until i unpot it, it's very crowded). worked late, so no messing with dirt tonight...just playing with the fuzzies and some little bit of surfing before bed. let me know about doing a trade.
