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Ive started ranked mine in order of which ones I'd chuck out last if I had to make a choice, ease of growth and particular fondness off. All are worth growing, but to me you could only rate H ruscifolia * against H magnifica*****, even tho both are easy to grow . H linearis ** is a lovely Hoya, but its a bitch to keep alive, so less stars..H carnosa **** is lovely and easy, but there are more spectacular ones which I think deserve a better score.
So, easy to grow, good bloomer with fab scented flowers......*****
Easy to grow, good bloomer and average Hoya flowers ****
Difficult to grow or flower, but worth the work ***
Easy and nice but nothing special or worth perservering but hard work to get a result **
or H ruscifolia *.......:)) ( obviously not my favourite )
What do you think? Maybe it would be an idea that, if you are going to * rate a Hoya, you should give a brief explanation as to why you have rated it thus?
Dominic,
Your rating system is just what is going through my mind when I rate the plant. All of those factors have to play a part in the rating. Of course it is all very subjective as well. Most people can grow H. australis like nobody's business - easy grower, nice flower and pleasing appearance. I have had zero success with any of the species or subspecies or clones of this plant. I would not be able to rate it very high; so I won't rate it at all! If I did rate it with a 1 or 2 star rating, it would unfairly skew the rating for what for most growers is a great Hoya. I guess what I'm saying is I don't think I will give any Hoya a really low rating.
Name: Lee Anne Stark Ontario, Canada Perpetually happy!
Actually, the ratings don't get averaged. They remain a personal thing. Don't worry about skewing the rating for a plant. If you rate H. australis low then folks will see that and then can go by perhaps where you live or your conditions.
I agree, Doug, just give your reason like Lee Anne says and rate it how you yourself find it. Ive seen H linearis growing like a weed in Sweden. I saw it in the UK once and it was an amazing basket full, 2 meters in length, and full of flowers which i would have given 6 * to....but not how it grows for me, hence my lower rating
Good to know that the ratings don't get averaged! I thought it worked like Amazon's star rating system. I will now then just rate on how the plant does in my conditions.
Dominic, I just love H. linearis and have bloomed it, but I have finally given up on trying to grow the plant. I just can't keep it alive, and the aggravation finally just got the better of me; I threw out the last of it a few weeks ago.
Name: Carol Noel Hawaii (near Hilo) It's all about choices.
I am with you there, Doug. I cut off the last live (barely) vines and stuck them in a tree crotch with some spagnum. That is one I have successfully killed so many times I can't count!!!
Name: Lee Anne Stark Ontario, Canada Perpetually happy!
Good! Be sure to post pics. for us!
You know, I sometimes think it's a wonder some of these things can survive in the wild...and you'd think that if they can survive in the wild that they'd love the care and attention we give them!
I seem to have the opposite problem; as soon as I stop doting on them they begin to go downhill in a hurry, but it is beginning to wear on me. I have got to stop trying to always have perfect looking plants, or I swear it will kill me. I write this after spending yet another day it the plant room trying to untangle and clean up a huge plant mess. My plan this summer is to enclose my narrow front porch with a lot of windows and put some heat out there. I will put the majority of my Hoyas out there and scale back with the grow room. If they can't live out on that porch under natural light, they can just pass on to plant heaven!
Name: Lee Anne Stark Ontario, Canada Perpetually happy!
I've finally gotten into the mindset that they are, after all, weeds. They will never look perfect. They will look like weeds and as long as they look like fairly healthy weed specimens I am happy. Once that light bulb clicked on it has been much more enjoyable having them in the house.
Name: Carol Noel Hawaii (near Hilo) It's all about choices.
I have given up 'untangling' them....I simply cut off what I can pull out of the tangle. I recently put chicken poo on all the pots and they are growing wildly....
