365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Friday, July 10, 2015
Hoya Curtisii
Day 270: Hoya curtisii is one of my latest acquisitions. A "miniature" Hoya, it is also a creeper, useful as a groundcover in larger pots, and trailing when grown by itself. In form, it reminds me very strongly of Ceropegia woodii (Rosary Vine). The leaves are not quite as heart-shaped, but they are of a similar size and bear the same silvery mottling. I've only had it for a few weeks, so can't vouch for the flowers, but it seems to be a very vigorous and trouble-free grower, having gone from a few four-inch stems in a 2.5" pot to fully filling a six-inch pot with half a dozen stems dangling a foot over the edge. It is reported to be an intermittent bloomer like Hoya bella, forming clusters of slender-armed, pale yellow stars surmounted by a crown of pink-tipped white beads. I can hardly wait!
Labels:
houseplants,
Hoya,
Hoya curtisii,
Tiny-leaf Porcelain Flower
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