I received Hoya praetorii : I am disappointed, is a courtesy gesture possible from your side ?
Thank you for your suggestive picture. On May 2011 we are selling rooted H. praetorii 20$ ( 16$ with discount ) - on picture here -, bare cuttings 12.8$ ( 10.24$ after discount). So yes this species of Hoya is by far much more expensive than others... and for this price it is more risky to grow and much slower to root than others !.
It is a common problem with plant sales : more expensive cars are rarer and stronger, but more expensive plants are usually rarer because they are more difficult to cultivate, and not because they are stronger !. Also plants that are more difficult to root and grow always grow more slowly so that at a given age they also tend to be smaller than others. So yes H. praetorii will be more expensive, smaller, harder to root and slower growers than most other Hoyas. We can only be annoyed but we cannot, unfortunately for our disappointed clients - and for us because they will leave us - link this fact to a form of compensation. The same goes for our conditions of sale : we must accept not to make exceptions and lose clients if we want to remain fair to those who remain with us !
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
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Hoya plants with thicker stems bear less risk of drying out during long travels, these are among others :Hoya anulata Hoya archboldiana pink Hoya archboldiana white Hoya ariadna Hoya australis Hoya australis hybrid Hoya australis margin Hoya australis rupicola Hoya australis sanae Hoya australis variegata Hoya benguetensis Hoya bicolor Hoya carnosa compacta "Indian Rope" Hoya carnosa compacta margin variegata Hoya carnosa compacta variegata Hoya carnosa crimson Hoya carnosa margin variegata Hoya carnosa margin variegata II Hoya carnosa pink Hoya carnosa red Hoya carnosa Snow Ball Hoya carnosa variegata Hoya carnosa white Hoya chlorantha var. tutuilensisHoya chunii Hoya clandestinaHoya coronaria pink Hoya coronaria white leaf Hoya cumingiana Hoya dasyantha Hoya densifolia Hoya deykei Hoya dimorpha Hoya diversifolia Hoya doithung cvHoya dolichosparteHoya elliptica clone AHoya elliptica clone B Hoya excavata Hoya finlaysonii Hoya finlaysonii ll Hoya meliflua cv fraterna Hoya fungii Hoya glabra Hoya globulosa Hoya golamcoiana Hoya imperialis pink Hoya imperialis red Hoya incrassata Hoya incrassata variegata Hoya incrassata margin variegataHoya kerrii Hoya kerrii variagata Hoya kerrii albovariegata Hoya lambiiHoya lauterbachiiHoya lobbii pink flowersHoya lobbii black flowersHoya lobbii black pink flowersHoya lobbii black flowersHoya macrophylla white margins Hoya macrophylla white margins Hoya macgillivrayiiHoya micrantha Hoya microstemma Hoya mindorensis Hoya mindorensis yellow Hoya minibelle Hoya multiflora Javanica Thai ( variegata )Hoya multiflora Javanica Philippines white margins Hoya multiflora Philippines Hoya naumanniiHoya nicholsoniae Hoya nummularioides Hoya oblongata Hoya obovata Hoya obscura Hoya obtusifolia Hoya odorata Hoya onychoides l Hoya onychoides ll ( Venus ) Hoya optmistic Hoya pachyclada I ( red corona )Hoya pachyclada II ( yellow corona )Hoya parasitica Lao A Hoya parasitica Lao B Hoya parasitica Lao C Hoya parasitica Hoya parasitica x pachyclada Hoya parasitica variegata Hoya paziae Hoya pseudolittoralis Hoya pubicalyx Hoya pubicalyx Royal Hawaian Purple ( red button )Hoya quinquenerviaHoya ruthie cv Hoya shepherdii Hoya scortechnii ( sp UT001 )Hoya vanuatuensis Hoya verticillata margin variegated Hoya vitellina Hoya vitellinoides Hoya waymaniae Hoya waymaniae long leaf
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
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