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Hi my name is Cameron. Last year I bought my first hoya plant (Krimson Queen). Its done very well this year, producing a lot of growth. I was expecting it to grow slowly because of the variegation, but it really surprised me this year. I've seen a few hoyas at Lowes that I want to grow next year since I've been able to keep my KQ alive.  |
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| Welcome to the hoya forum Cameron! Your plant is relly lovely. Has it flowered for you yet? Do you have any other hoyas yet? If not, don't worry, somebody here will try to help you get some more! Christine |
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| NICE growing, Cameron...that hoya isn't that easy to grow as well as you have done!!!! Leap. The net will appear. |
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| Thank you Christine and Carol! It hasn't flowered yet unfortunately but I look forward to seeing and smelling the blooms one day. This hoya is the only one I have right now. Hopefully next year I'll get some more. I take care of friends plant and she also has a Krimson Queen hoya, I think its 12 years old but it has never bloomed for her. I think it doesn't receive enough light. |
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Welcome to the forums! (and hello again everyone  )I've been wanting a KQ for awhile but I just haven't gotten around to it, and I'm quite occupied with the hoya I have now (not to mention other house plants  )Be wary of Exotic Angel hoya ( the ones they sell at home depot.) They tend to be so stuffed full of cuttings that they have problems later on. Each cutting is an individual hoya, so there are many little hoya competing for the same nutrients (and I believe EA hoya are quicker to be root bound.) Please pitch in if i'm wrong but Cameron you might consider repotting and talking out 1/3 of those cuttings (I've even read to take out 1/2). They could be used to start a new pot of KQ! It would probably be fine as it is, but there are plenty of bad stories with EA hoya dying "mysteriously." What does everyone else think? Would it work just as well to simply pot up when the plant needs more room to grow? Keiko Edit: After I look more closely at your KQ everyone is right! It looks great! You may have even re-potted already :) |
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| Thanks Keiko! I repotted it right after I bought it because of EA's notorious soil lol. I added a lot of perlite and orchid bark to some cactus potting soil. I think when I bought it, it was 2 separate plants. I was really worried about it at first because it started dropping a couple of leaves, but once I put it outside during spring and summer, it really took off. Even now its reaching for the window lol. I saw a KP hoya at walmart that I wanted to save, but I never got a chance to buy it. I also saw a large Wayetii but it was too expensive for me lol. |
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