The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Originally from tropical Asia, the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus has spread to Africa and Europe and is considered a major pest in palm plantations, including the coconut palm, date palm and oil palm. 
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchophorus_ferrugineus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchophorus_ferrugineus

The adult female lays approximately two hundred eggs on new growth in the crown of the palm, at the base of young leaves, or in open lesions on the plant ;  the larvae,  tunneling through the internal tissue of the tree for about a month can occasionally grow to a length of six to seven centimeters; they will leave the tree and form a cocoon built of dry palm fibers in leaf litter at the base of the tree. The total life cycle takes about 7–10 weeks

Hoya and other plant collections are for sale on aleyagarden.com Plant care is available in various posts of this blog. Contact : aleyagarden@hotmail.com 

Find all Aleyagarden posts on http://aleyagarden-blog.blogspot.com

Hoya imperialis white : limited success with planting cuts or not ?

Comment about Hoya imperialis white
" ... Thanks for good cooperation. Packet came safely, it was captured on the border, but everything is OK with plants. They are in good condition, the small rooted are in the best look, but I have problem with one plant... It is the second time, it comes to me in very bad condition - .. Hoya imperialis white. .. it had yellow leaves and .. completely dropped out. Only one leaf stayed with plant, but it soon got yellow and went away... "
Comment by aleyagarden
  In our humid environment Imperialis is much harder to grow, perhaps even harder than praetorii, we also lose a lot of imperialis. At the moment out of 50 cuts in our nursery we are expecting to get only 2. This is why it is so expensive. We have tried everything , shade, chemicals etc the rate of survival is very low.

However a Hoya collector in Europe posted this message, saying that even without leaves she successfully plant Hoya imperialis cuts. 

Hoya and other plant collections are for sale on aleyagarden.com Plant care is available in various posts of this blog. Contact : aleyagarden@hotmail.com Find all Aleyagarden posts on http://aleyagarden-blog.blogspot.com