Adromischus cristatus – Crinkle Leaf Plant – Carla’s Hoya Haven

I started out with just one small plant I purchased for just a few bucks from Succulents Depot. This is one of those plants that multiplies itself and once it gets started it cannot stop. I made the mistake of propagating leaves, too. Now I have 21 individual crinkle leaf plants.

This plant is incredibly low maintenance. I have it in a combination of cactus soil and Jack’s Gritty Mix. I water every other week. I keep it under GE Seeds & Greens grow lights. Without grow lights it will need a very sunny window. To propagate by leaf just lay the leaves on top of the potting mix and mist occasionally. The leaves will grow roots right into the soil and for each leaf you propagate you’ll get two new plants.

Even though this plant is weird and cute I’m tired of it and it’s not a Hoya. I just don’t have room for all the plants I like because they’re weird and I’m having to make some choices about what stays and what goes as I expand my Hoya collection. I divided the ones I propagated from leaves and snipped off all the tops of branches on the other pot and potted them up.

I even potted up the remains to see if they’ll grow all new plants. Just curious. Now I have 21 crinkle leaf plants ready for my great planty rehoming project also known as the city wide garage sale coming up in June.

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