Third Hoya Haul of 2023 – Carla’s Hoya Haven

New plants from Steve’s Leaves!

I love Steve’s Leaves! I can always count on nice healthy plants from Steve’s Leaves. Today’s Hoya haul was no exception. The box arrived in great shape and everything inside was packaged nicely. They wrap the Hoyas in paper but it all fit nicely in the box without scrunching them together.

There is always a plant stake with the name of each plant taped to the outside of the package and this is a nice touch. I stick these in the pots. If I didn’t I would eventually forget the names of a few plants.

Wow! I was not expecting such large plants. These are fabulous! From left to right: Hoya cominsii, Hoya tomataensis, Hoya balaensis and Hoya ciliata. What gorgeous beauties.

Once I removed the plastic from around the pots and damp paper towels meant to keep the plants from drying out I put them on trays and gave them some water and Rapid Start. I staked them up. The plants come in potting mix with copious amounts of perlite.

I’ll keep them in this mix until they start to look a little root bound and then move them to orchid pots with an ABG/coconut husk mix. For now I added them to my collection in the living room window. The sheers help to soften the sun. Once the ornamental crabapple tree leafs out this window has the perfect amount of dappled sun.

I couldn’t be any happier with my order from Steve’s Leaves. I’ll end this post with a few pictures of leaves. Look at those fuzzy leaves on ciliata. Just melts my heart.

H. tomataensis H. balaensis H. cominsii H. ciliata

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