Hoya Linearis – Carla’s Hoya Haven

I purchased two small H. linearis plants from Hirt’s Gardens in April, 2022. I put them together in a small hanging pot and hung it from a shelf in a bedroom about 8 feet from a west facing window. The two plants were clipped close to the soil when they arrived but much to my surprise they did grow over the summer months. I struggled a bit to get the watering down. It was either too much or not enough. I killed the roots of one longer vine through overwatering so I chopped and propped and started a new plant. As fall approached I repotted all the linearis plants in one clear orchid pot with the ABG/coconut husk mix and stuck it in the grow tent.

The repotting was a mistake. These little plants did not have enough root system for repotting. I was watering every other week in the grow tent and that wasn’t enough for linearis. Eventually all the roots died and I had to chop and prop all my vines. There weren’t many. I rooted them in Fluval Stratum and watered with Rapid Start solution and eventually most of them grew new roots.

I hung them back in the grow tent under a carnosa for shade. I water once a week and I’m getting new growth. I’m very excited about that. We’ll see what happens with this one over the summer.

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