Voting Booth: Blooms or Leaves?

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I prefer the blooms 1
 
I prefer the fancy leaves 6
 
I like both! 29
 

Hoya-admin
Apr 2, 2010 7:56 AM CST
Since my Hoya are mostly young and my growing conditions are challenging, I've been leaning more towards fancy leaves.
AlohaHoya
Apr 5, 2010 4:41 PM CST
Name: Carol Noel
Hawaii (near Hilo)
It's all about choices.
I like both...but i REALLY GO FOR THE LEAVES!!!! The bigger they are and the 'wilder' looking they are, I love them!!!
Leap. The net will appear.
Imagethreegardeners
Apr 5, 2010 4:42 PM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Ontario, Canada
Perpetually happy!
me too!! I love the leaves.
ivyplantsnyc
Apr 5, 2010 8:16 PM CST
Name: Ivy T
Manhattan, New York
I have a few hoya plants in the apartment that are growing without sunlight. My growing conditions are also challenging. I am resigned to the fact that I will not ever have flowers with the plant lights and a indoor cat. I have some interesting looking leaves that I love.
Pause for Paws.
AlohaHoya
Apr 5, 2010 8:32 PM CST
Name: Carol Noel
Hawaii (near Hilo)
It's all about choices.
Ivy...there are some that love to grow in lower light, no sun...like the carnosas...
Leap. The net will appear.
ivyplantsnyc
Apr 5, 2010 9:27 PM CST
Name: Ivy T
Manhattan, New York
I have a few of them. Pretty leaves, but never flower because they are young cuttings.
Pause for Paws.
Imagepropmaker
Apr 6, 2010 3:55 PM CST
Name: Dominic Murray
Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Leaves and Flowers both...and dont forget Scent...I love the scents of Hoyas, they can be quite varied from lemony fresh, to musky to like actual perfume
Imagethreegardeners
Apr 6, 2010 3:57 PM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Ontario, Canada
Perpetually happy!
OMG!!
I can't believe I forgot to add scent!! *Blush*
Imagepropmaker
Apr 6, 2010 4:01 PM CST
Name: Dominic Murray
Lanzarote, Canary Islands

hmm......:))
Imagepropmaker
Apr 6, 2010 4:11 PM CST
Name: Dominic Murray
Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Ive heard both H serpens and H lacunosa also like artificial lighting
Imagestarlight1153
Apr 7, 2010 5:55 PM CST
Name: starlight1153 Zone 8a/b
AL.
I enjoy both, but it is always the leaves that draw me first.
Imagesheryl
Apr 18, 2010 6:14 PM CST
Name: Sheryl
Middle Tennessee, 6b
Now see, I don't care as much about the flowers as the leaves, but I like the scent more than I like the leaves ... so....

Of course, I have only one plant that flowers, anyway - a lacunosa. Are there other (fairly easy to grow in bright light) hoyas that are scented and bloom easily?
Imagethreegardeners
Apr 18, 2010 6:21 PM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Ontario, Canada
Perpetually happy!
I find H. cv. sunrise is about the easiest for me to bloom. It blooms most of the year and lives quite happily in a North window.
Imagesheryl
Apr 18, 2010 6:40 PM CST
Name: Sheryl
Middle Tennessee, 6b
Thanks, Lee Anne - now I can be on the lookout for it.

Edited to add: So I go straight to e-bay and find one - Carol's!
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AlohaHoya
Apr 18, 2010 7:56 PM CST
Name: Carol Noel
Hawaii (near Hilo)
It's all about choices.
I tip my hat to you. You rang?

I also put up sp. Kunming Kina and a HUGE H. pottsii. I hate to see my last children leave the farm... alas, what's a mother to do?
Leap. The net will appear.
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Imagesheryl
Apr 19, 2010 7:31 AM CST
Name: Sheryl
Middle Tennessee, 6b
Take cuttings then send them to me!

But only easy ones - I'm a Hoya newbie.
greenthumb
Apr 19, 2010 8:52 AM CST
Minneapolis, MN; Zone 4a
aka treelover3 @ Dave's Garden
I like both, but answered "leaves" since I see the leaves of the plants every day of the year. The flowers are a nice bonus, though, as is scent.

I think my absolute favorite Hoya leaves are those of H. villosa for its narrow, veined, felt-backed, wavy-edged leaves. I have a few other Hoyas that have cool leaves, as well, but the leaves of this plant have really caught my eye.
Mike

AlohaHoya
Apr 19, 2010 11:27 AM CST
Name: Carol Noel
Hawaii (near Hilo)
It's all about choices.
Here's an idea for you H. lacunosa lovers with limited space: grow a big pot with all the different clones together. I use Bulb Pots...and when you see all of the different sizes, shapes, colors of the leaves with the same fragrant flowers, it is really cool!
Leap. The net will appear.
Imagethreegardeners
Apr 19, 2010 11:28 AM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Ontario, Canada
Perpetually happy!
I'm gonna try that for sure! I could make some kind of chain thingy to hang it too!
AlohaHoya
Apr 19, 2010 11:30 AM CST
Name: Carol Noel
Hawaii (near Hilo)
It's all about choices.
Will take a photo today of mine....which, incidently, is missing the reddish leafed clone from Thailand.
Leap. The net will appear.

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