A 100% survival when outside humidity was 30 % : inside humidity was maintained at 85% in the grow room

Aleyagarden has sent in June to the USA many Hoya non rooted cuttings by EMS parcels to a buyer who received them fast because he had an import permit ( not mandatory for only 12 plants ) . Despite relative humidity in June from 25 to 35 % in his town , he was 100 % successful ( a 100% survival rate ) mainly because he is using a grow room for rooting at around 26 Celsius and 85% humidity :

" I just wanted to let you know that my last two Hoya shipments, including replacements, got here without incident ( Aleyagarden note : replacements were a few cuttings sent at 50% of their price in the second parcel ) . The Hoyas that didn't travel too well the first time around did not travel well the second time around either, but the survival rate will be 100% nonetheless. For whatever reason, Ischnopus had the roughest time. The second time around it arrived with no leaves, but what I was able to keep going has rooted well and is sending out leaves and vines on two partial cuttings. Overall, many of the cuttings I received have started producing leaves and vines in a little over a month. I've been running my grow room at 80 degrees and 85% humidity during the day and some things are growing like weeds. The fastest being Graveolens, UT-001 and Austrailis White Margins. Megalaster lost many leaves but even the bare vines started rooting in 4-5 days. So I'd say that my orders were successful. " 

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Hoya megalaster, Hoya megalantha in the mail

" Hello,

I received the plants today, thank you. But unfortunately the two plants of megalaster are not very healthy, one of the leaves has fallen off and the stem is going yellow, the cutting of megalantha is completely dry (see photos).

I don't understand why the megalaster arrived like that as the other two plants arrived very well... "

Aleyagarden answers :
Ths article below explains briefly why plants shed some parts when they are under stress. Regarding your Hoya in pictures, H. megalantha , even if sent in good size, has a thin stem. H megalaster has much larger stems but both are not so easy travellers. Some importers report that non rooted cuttings are a better option as plants don't use energy to maintain alive their root system. ( Usually at Aleyagarden they import cuttings in envelopes ) With basic care after arrival ( a warm bath with sugar instead of the more sophsticated use of hormones indicated in this article below ), and long travel above 12 days, importing non rooted cuttings of H megalantha would also be very risky.
However regarding the H megalaster on your picture, for a travel that lasted about 15 days it doesn't appear in a so bad shape. As long as the stems are green inside the dormancy of the plants can always be broken down.
http://aleyagarden-chitosan.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-plant-is-stick-with-no-leaves-on.html

 

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