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Hoya's
Jun 7, 2011 19:38:14 GMT
Post by Fractal on Jun 7, 2011 19:38:14 GMT
I can see clear droplets on the end of each of the coronal rays. These will turn that toffee colour, or the colour of a dark rum.
In H. carnosa, the nectar doesn't seem to darken at all and isn't quite so exuberantly produced as in H. kerrii.
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Hoya's
Jun 7, 2011 19:49:39 GMT
Post by Fractal on Jun 7, 2011 19:49:39 GMT
Esther, scroll down the page to H. kerrii on the link and look at the left hand of the two images of this species. You can see the nectar starts clear and uncoloured but changes as its produced. This picture is just a warning, lovely as the plant is.  www.asclepidarium.de/Fotoausstellung.htm |
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Hoya's
Jun 7, 2011 20:07:51 GMT
Post by Lou78W on Jun 7, 2011 20:07:51 GMT
Oooooh Esther....those flowers are lovely...look all furry  ...Don't like the sound of all that nectar dripping all over the place.....Bet SteveN is glad his is in his bathroom....lol  |
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Hoya's
Jun 8, 2011 4:41:14 GMT
Post by esther on Jun 8, 2011 4:41:14 GMT
Esther, scroll down the page to H. kerrii on the link and look at the left hand of the two images of this species. You can see the nectar starts clear and uncoloured but changes as its produced. This picture is just a warning, lovely as the plant is. www.asclepidarium.de/Fotoausstellung.htm Thankyou SteveN - it's a bit of a mucky plant isn't it  |
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Hoya's
Jun 8, 2011 11:52:12 GMT
Post by Rosie on Jun 8, 2011 11:52:12 GMT
Ooo i love the fluffy flowers on Kerrii, wish mine would do something!!!
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Hoya's
Jun 8, 2011 21:31:46 GMT
Post by Fractal on Jun 8, 2011 21:31:46 GMT
Yes Lou, the bathroom does sound a good place for it! It may even go outside in the summer when flowering |
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Hoya's
Jun 9, 2011 7:33:16 GMT
Post by esther on Jun 9, 2011 7:33:16 GMT
I have put my plant on the windowsill in the spare room |
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Hoya's
Aug 14, 2011 21:52:02 GMT
Post by Rosie on Aug 14, 2011 21:52:02 GMT
I noticed yesterday that my Hoya is coming into flower again ;D ;D
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Hoya's
Aug 15, 2011 4:33:33 GMT
Post by esther on Aug 15, 2011 4:33:33 GMT
That is good Rosie |
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Hoya's
Aug 15, 2011 6:05:21 GMT
Post by Lou78W on Aug 15, 2011 6:05:21 GMT
Good stuff Rosie !!!....I just took the dead flower heads off mine yesterday My Kerrii is at last starting to show signs of growth.....a little green bud has appeared  |
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Hoya's
Aug 15, 2011 7:49:36 GMT
Post by Fractal on Aug 15, 2011 7:49:36 GMT
Just the flowers I hope and not the peduncle? |
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Hoya's
Aug 15, 2011 7:51:57 GMT
Post by Cherry on Aug 15, 2011 7:51:57 GMT
My Hoya bella has been in flower for some time and has many more to come. It is not a huge plant either. I have never grown this one before and I am grateful to a forum member who thought of me and actually especially bought it for me. I do grow H. carnosa which I love. Carnosa is a wildflower in Northern Australia, and my daughter hacks it down almost to the ground every now and then.
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Hoya's
Aug 15, 2011 8:06:17 GMT
Post by Fractal on Aug 15, 2011 8:06:17 GMT
Yes Cherry, Hoya carnosa could be an escapee and may have naturalised in north eastern Australia.
Some of Australia's true native Hoya species such as the large flowered and magnificent Hoya macgillivrayi are unfortunately a little harder to grow over here without a bit of humidity.
One native Australian species that looks very like Hoya carnosa is Hoya australis. I was just talking to Lou about this very species the other day when I saw her in the garden centre. I saw it growing in the wild. I mentioned that australis just means "southern", though in this particular plant works well with the name of its homeland.
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Hoya's
Aug 15, 2011 15:00:42 GMT
Post by Lou78W on Aug 15, 2011 15:00:42 GMT
Just the flowers I hope and not the peduncle? just the flowers.....not the peduncle ;D |
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Hoya's
Sept 5, 2011 18:40:42 GMT
Post by Fractal on Sept 5, 2011 18:40:42 GMT
 My H. kerrii is going well! |
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...Don't like the sound of all that nectar dripping all over the place.....Bet SteveN is glad his is in his bathroom....lol 
