This Hoya with very unusual flowers was only named as a new species a couple of months ago. It was brought to botanist's attention through Facebook posts.
The tiny little bells are so adorable, especially with the soft fuzz on the inside, o my heart! And then that dark foliage with the light speckling, wow!
Thank you Kimmy! This plant turned out to be more difficult than I initially thought and have had to start it over a number of times, but I finally figured out that it seems to love semi-hydro. It is now growing happily!
If semi-hydro works for you go for it. I have tried it in a big way three times, and I will never try it again. It simply does not work well for me long term; I always end up with massive root rot. My amicabilis is now doing better for me than it has since I got it. This plant has been near death so many times, but knock on wood right now; it looks great with 3 points of new growth. It is growing in coconut husk chips. I dunk the pot in water about once every two weeks and leave it alone.
Oh congrats. I hope the other one will root for you so you get three. I was happy to see an update. I'd love to see updates on your plants not just when you flower them. There's always something new in our collections everyday and I'm sure no one would mind seeing plants you've already shown. Would be cool to see an over view too of your current collection. BTW, my video is up of the cuttings I got from Hawaii. Would love for you to have a look. And those first cuttings I took are starting to get small root buds. Can't wait for all of them to root.
Incredible flowers Doug, thanks for sharing these. Weird that it seems to be so picky in growing, but so easy to flower. Didn't you have another Hoya that budded up while water rooting in an earlier video? You must have some kind of magic in your water!
Saludos Doug que admirable tú paciencia con las Hoyas🌿💚🌿 te felicito 👍 sabes a Mí me pasó algo parecido y dije se me murió mi 🌿 y la tire hoy al ver tú video estoy arrepentida😪 Dios te bendiga por tus enseñanzas🙏🏽😍🌿😍🙏🏽👍
Gracias Elizabeth! Estas plantas realmente quieren vivir si podemos descubrir sus necesidades. Gracias de nuevo por el maravilloso comentario. ¡Dios bendiga 🙏🏽😍🌿😍🙏🏽👍!
This is a must watch video for Hoya lovers. The flowers are so cute and special. Hi Doug, would you please share how you find the hoya sellers, and how you research for this hoya? Or maybe you can post the link on your website. Thank you so much for sharing! I've bought some basket pots and hope they will give my hoyas better place to grow.
This the plant was the result splitting a Thai order with a friend from NC who was in contact with Surisa Somadee from Facebook. I'm not a Facebook person, but there is a lot of Hoya action that takes place there! Here is the link where I learned about the plant: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/njb.02563 I ordered it based on a photo and list from My NC Hoya friend.
Do you still have this plant? How is it doing? The flowers are adorable, but the leaves look strange. Almost dried up, like autumn foliage. Were they sun stressed or is that just what they look like?
Great question; I still have the plant, but it is a very difficult grower. I have had to restart it a number of times, and have never really found the secret to its happiness! It is particularly difficult to get good looking leaves; it flowers far easier than putting on new leaves. If I had to guess, my lighting is far too bright for it. I think what it is looking for is deep shade, with very warm temps and very high humidity.
I am trying to find the answer to those questions myself right now so I won't be of much help. This is a plant that is not particularly easy to grow. It seems to fail in leca easily from root rot. I am currently trying to root some of it in soft tree fern fiber, which I am really liking as a substrate. Be aware that it seems to like moisture but will succumb to root rot very quickly so be on the look out for it. It seems to live in pon with no reservoir, but its rate of growth is really slow when grown that way.
Hi Doug, I was trellising my carnosa and accidentally snapped the stem :( now I have some cuttings to root. What propagation do you recommend? Water rooting? Soil? Moss? I saw some of your videos on Hydroponic leca balls... I just need to root these three cuttings
Your carnosa is one of the easiest of all Hoyas to root, so with any of those methods you mentioned, you should have no problem. If it was me, I would just put the cuttings in a glass of water, and move to soil after the roots get to be 1/4 to 1/2 inch long.
Hi there! I have a Hoya Bella that has had 5-6 peduncles that turn yellow and fall off. I live in zone 6 (Carson City, Nevada) and I have tried everything and don't know what I am doing wrong. Any advice would be appreciated. At the moment I have it over a DIY humidity box and I mist every 3-4 days since the air is very dry here. I am almost thinking about sending it to my mother in south Texas lol
Hoya bella seems to be one of those Hoyas that people can either grow, or they can't, and I have to say that it can be very temperamental. Mine does way better in the summer than in the winter. Large established plants are easier to care for than newer plants. It does best with humidity at 50% or better, does not want to dry out, but definitely does not want to be too wet. It is easy to root in water, and may do pretty well in semi-hydro, which I'm experimenting with now. I think if your plant looks healthy, don't give up; I feel that it will stop losing peduncles soon and flower for you as we get closer to spring/summer.
Hey Sande, I've been growing my bella in Lechuza pon and self-watering pots and they go absolutely banana's in there. Incredible growth even though its winter. Not sure if that will help your buds stay on, but it sure seems happy growing in it! Good luck!
I live in Carson City, Nevada, too. Mine does pretty well with no additional humidity and with some direct sun. It goes bonkers in the summer, and mine is starting to bud up again right now. My #1 advice is to not overwater it. I wait until most of my Hoyas tell me when they need water by feeling when the leaves lose firmness. P. S. I messaged you on FB messenger, too.
with the variety in your collection, I'm surprised that is the most you have spent on one hoya!! You must have some good self control... or hoya prices are rising these days.
I am not a big believer in spending a lot for a Hoya. The prices that these things fetch now astound me, as I would never pay some of those prices myself. Hoyas are too finicky to risk hundreds of dollars on something that may die on you.
The tiny little bells are so adorable, especially with the soft fuzz on the inside, o my heart! And then that dark foliage with the light speckling, wow!
Thank you Kimmy! This plant turned out to be more difficult than I initially thought and have had to start it over a number of times, but I finally figured out that it seems to love semi-hydro. It is now growing happily!
Ohhh it's on my wishlist! What an absolute beauty
If semi-hydro works for you go for it. I have tried it in a big way three times, and I will never try it again. It simply does not work well for me long term; I always end up with massive root rot. My amicabilis is now doing better for me than it has since I got it. This plant has been near death so many times, but knock on wood right now; it looks great with 3 points of new growth. It is growing in coconut husk chips. I dunk the pot in water about once every two weeks and leave it alone.
Gorgeous little thing, love it! Its full of energy and life! Thanks for sharing this cutie with us.
You're welcome Mary! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Amazing! I just found your channel from the in defense of plants podcasts and I love your work!
Thank you so much Fabio - I appreciate the nice comment!
Oh congrats. I hope the other one will root for you so you get three. I was happy to see an update. I'd love to see updates on your plants not just when you flower them. There's always something new in our collections everyday and I'm sure no one would mind seeing plants you've already shown. Would be cool to see an over view too of your current collection. BTW, my video is up of the cuttings I got from Hawaii. Would love for you to have a look. And those first cuttings I took are starting to get small root buds. Can't wait for all of them to root.
Thanks Scary, I can't wait to take a look at your video of your cuttings from Ted!
@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas I look forward to it. It's called Unboxing and Rooting Rare Hoyas.
Wonderful plant Doug
Thank you!
Incredible flowers Doug, thanks for sharing these. Weird that it seems to be so picky in growing, but so easy to flower. Didn't you have another Hoya that budded up while water rooting in an earlier video? You must have some kind of magic in your water!
I've actually had that happen a couple of times now. It has happened with the white flowered Hoya bella, Vitellina, and now this plant.
Saludos Doug que admirable tú paciencia con las Hoyas🌿💚🌿 te felicito 👍 sabes a Mí me pasó algo parecido y dije se me murió mi 🌿 y la tire hoy al ver tú video estoy arrepentida😪
Dios te bendiga por tus enseñanzas🙏🏽😍🌿😍🙏🏽👍
Gracias Elizabeth! Estas plantas realmente quieren vivir si podemos descubrir sus necesidades. Gracias de nuevo por el maravilloso comentario. ¡Dios bendiga 🙏🏽😍🌿😍🙏🏽👍!
Gorgeous Hoya thanks for sharing?
Thank you Sheena!
Awe beautiful Doug, I wish you sold cuttings of some of your beautiful Hoya 💚🙃 OH my you have ten green fingers and ten green toes 💚🙃
Thank you so much Judy!
wundervolle art. danke fürs hochladen. gruß aus deutschland. helge
Vielen Dank und viele Grüße aus Amerika!
Very interesting variety, I know what you mean by you had to have it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Charles, yes the little yellow bell-shaped flowers did me in, now I have to figure out how to make it happy.
This is a must watch video for Hoya lovers. The flowers are so cute and special. Hi Doug, would you please share how you find the hoya sellers, and how you research for this hoya? Or maybe you can post the link on your website. Thank you so much for sharing! I've bought some basket pots and hope they will give my hoyas better place to grow.
This the plant was the result splitting a Thai order with a friend from NC who was in contact with Surisa Somadee from Facebook. I'm not a Facebook person, but there is a lot of Hoya action that takes place there! Here is the link where I learned about the plant: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/njb.02563 I ordered it based on a photo and list from My NC Hoya friend.
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en verdad hoya muy hermosa y diferente felicidades
¡Gracias por mirar y que tengan un maravilloso resto de la semana!
Yes it's from Indonesia surisa collected it at her last research trip. I really like it.
Thanks Kevin; I hope that I get a decent looking plant one of these days out of my cuttings as this one is so unusual that it is worth keeping.
Amei.❤️
Obrigado ❤️!
Do you still have this plant? How is it doing?
The flowers are adorable, but the leaves look strange. Almost dried up, like autumn foliage. Were they sun stressed or is that just what they look like?
Great question; I still have the plant, but it is a very difficult grower. I have had to restart it a number of times, and have never really found the secret to its happiness! It is particularly difficult to get good looking leaves; it flowers far easier than putting on new leaves. If I had to guess, my lighting is far too bright for it. I think what it is looking for is deep shade, with very warm temps and very high humidity.
The flowers look like the kind you find on kalanchole.
You are so right, I never thought of that, but I have a kalanchoe and the flowers are very similar.
Hello, what type of potting mix does it like? What is the water requirements for this hoya? Thanks!
I am trying to find the answer to those questions myself right now so I won't be of much help. This is a plant that is not particularly easy to grow. It seems to fail in leca easily from root rot. I am currently trying to root some of it in soft tree fern fiber, which I am really liking as a substrate. Be aware that it seems to like moisture but will succumb to root rot very quickly so be on the look out for it. It seems to live in pon with no reservoir, but its rate of growth is really slow when grown that way.
@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas Wow thanks so much for your sharing! Your channel has been extremely helpful.
Hi Doug, I was trellising my carnosa and accidentally snapped the stem :( now I have some cuttings to root. What propagation do you recommend? Water rooting? Soil? Moss? I saw some of your videos on Hydroponic leca balls... I just need to root these three cuttings
Your carnosa is one of the easiest of all Hoyas to root, so with any of those methods you mentioned, you should have no problem. If it was me, I would just put the cuttings in a glass of water, and move to soil after the roots get to be 1/4 to 1/2 inch long.
Doug Chamberlain oh thank you so much for your reply. I have put them in water. I appreciate all your help.
Only Doug Chamberlain.
Hi there! I have a Hoya Bella that has had 5-6 peduncles that turn yellow and fall off. I live in zone 6 (Carson City, Nevada) and I have tried everything and don't know what I am doing wrong. Any advice would be appreciated. At the moment I have it over a DIY humidity box and I mist every 3-4 days since the air is very dry here. I am almost thinking about sending it to my mother in south Texas lol
Hoya bella seems to be one of those Hoyas that people can either grow, or they can't, and I have to say that it can be very temperamental. Mine does way better in the summer than in the winter. Large established plants are easier to care for than newer plants. It does best with humidity at 50% or better, does not want to dry out, but definitely does not want to be too wet. It is easy to root in water, and may do pretty well in semi-hydro, which I'm experimenting with now. I think if your plant looks healthy, don't give up; I feel that it will stop losing peduncles soon and flower for you as we get closer to spring/summer.
Hey Sande, I've been growing my bella in Lechuza pon and self-watering pots and they go absolutely banana's in there. Incredible growth even though its winter. Not sure if that will help your buds stay on, but it sure seems happy growing in it! Good luck!
@@pieter1108 Thanks for chiming in on this Pieter!
I live in Carson City, Nevada, too. Mine does pretty well with no additional humidity and with some direct sun. It goes bonkers in the summer, and mine is starting to bud up again right now. My #1 advice is to not overwater it. I wait until most of my Hoyas tell me when they need water by feeling when the leaves lose firmness.
P. S. I messaged you on FB messenger, too.
$81 is just normal price, now. 🤪
Ain't that the truth!!!
with the variety in your collection, I'm surprised that is the most you have spent on one hoya!! You must have some good self control... or hoya prices are rising these days.
I am not a big believer in spending a lot for a Hoya. The prices that these things fetch now astound me, as I would never pay some of those prices myself. Hoyas are too finicky to risk hundreds of dollars on something that may die on you.
Doug Chamberlain I feel the same way. Especially about Thai constellation monsteras going for 300. 😯
@@CorkysFlora 😯😯!