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Yes, Laura it was a dischidia put out by Exotic Angel called "Pebble Beach". I have since killed it I seem to do really well with most dischidia for a while then they descend into a death spiral I still really like them and will pick one up when available.
Name: Laura Gardiner Manitoba, Canada You can't 'un-ring' a bell.
Thanks for your honesty, Doug! I tell PG all the time, I don't do well with many things, I just don't broadcast my failures....
I like to sweep them under the rug.
P.S.- I KILL philodendrons. Not on purpose....
"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."
- Chinese Proverb
Dee, the one on the left was serpens. I gave that one away after it gave me just one too many disappointments. I do however have a smaller one that I am going to make bloom if it kills me
Alka, it only flowered once for me (Picture Below) I then transplanted the nice plant pictured and I rotted the roots off. I managed to start the plant over and hope to flower it again this summer. It is not an easy grower for me. Come to think of it every plant in the photo above came to a bad end. I think they were jinxed
Thanks for the picture, Doug.
Looks like a very pretty flower. Sorry to hear about the problem with these plants.
Sending good vibes and good prayers .
HoyaDoug wrote: I do however have a smaller one that I am going to make bloom if it kills me
Same here Doug - and so far so good, the little 'bit' I had left doubled in size last year (not difficult considering how small it was ) , and has made it through the winter unscathed. I see new shoots starting to grow. May be a couple of years yet before its big enough to flower, and it MAY kill me in the mean time!!
Every day, I take my serpens and find the coolest place in the house to leave it for the day. I also examine the peduncles continually to see if there is any bud swelling. I'm just a little bit obsessive about it
I don't have any peduncles on my scrappy wee bit of serpens - but I have been examining peduncles on other plants .....just to see if there's any movement.
I think we're all nuts!!!
I found buds forming on buotii!! Did you hear me squeaking in Vermont?
Unfortunately, I have moved all the plants out of my porch while its being repainted. Buotii is on a window sill upstairs, and I have been obsessing about the buds blasting because I moved it! Eeekk!
So, fresh white paint in the porch, mirror put back up in the bathroom. OH got suspicious! He knows it's for the hoyas and not for any sense of house-proudness
Julie, I thought I heard something in Vermont and now I know it was you!! Congrats on your buotii buds Your Hoyas will love their new white walls - the things we do for our plants
I grow about 10 ??? I think Dischidia's and the key to them is to "forget about them" they like to grow dry, even here, any problem that started seemed to be easily solved by laying off the water. If you are a habitual water'er, then put them in a really really fast draining mix or mount them. You cannot hardly over water a mounted plant unless you leave it in a bucket of water.
I guess that has been my problem all along. I over water them, and by a lot I'm sure. For some reason, I thought they needed to be kept on the damp side
I seem to do really well with most dischidia for a while then they descend into a death spiral 
I still really like them and will pick one up when available.
Oh Doug! And here I come along to rub some SALT into the wound... 
The only one I have been able to keep alive is one I have growing on a a piece of I think coir. 
You didn't rub salt in Laura; there are many things I don't do well, and that is just one of them 
) , and has made it through the winter unscathed. I see new shoots starting to grow. May be a couple of years yet before its big enough to flower, and it MAY kill me in the mean time!! 
Your Hoyas will love their new white walls - the things we do for our plants 
