Hoya cv rebecca

Does a true Hoya cv rebecca has red leaves ? yes if enough light is provided : part of the leaves receiving less light will be very lightly colored.

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Hoya cuttings in a Small Parcel Air to Brazil : 28 days, 4 alive, 2 dead

Letters to Brazil seem to arrive faster than Small Air Parcels : 6 Hoya cuttings took 28 days in a Small Air Parcel, 2 were dead on arrival, here are the pictures :
http://s1024.photobucket.com/albums/y307/mitzicos/Hoyas%20from%20Thailand

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Hoya archboldiana, Hoya pubicalyx, cuttings after 23 days in the mail

Cuttings with thick stems are a better choice when travels are longer than usual : in pictures after a 23 days trip to Brasil in an envelope : Hoya archboldiana pink and
Hoya pubicalyx red button have a bath in a sugar solution.

Letters to Brazil take from 2 weeks to a almost a month.

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Hoya plants with thicker stems

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. tutuilensis
Hoya chunii
Hoya clandestina
Hoya coronaria pink
Hoya coronaria white leaf
Hoya cumingiana
Hoya dasyantha
Hoya densifolia
Hoya deykei
Hoya dimorpha
Hoya diversifolia
Hoya doithung cv
Hoya dolichosparte
Hoya elliptica clone A
Hoya 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 variegata
Hoya kerrii
Hoya kerrii variagata
Hoya kerrii albovariegata
Hoya lambii
Hoya lauterbachii
Hoya lobbii pink flowers
Hoya lobbii black flowers
Hoya lobbii black pink flowers
Hoya lobbii black flowers
Hoya macrophylla white margins
Hoya macrophylla white margins
Hoya macgillivrayii
Hoya 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 naumannii
Hoya 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 quinquenervia
Hoya ruthie cv
Hoya shepherdii
Hoya scortechnii ( sp UT001 )
Hoya vanuatuensis
Hoya verticillata margin variegated
Hoya vitellina
Hoya vitellinoides
Hoya waymaniae
Hoya waymaniae long leaf


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Hoya leaves with a darker green under lower temperatures

Read this somewhere on a forum : '' Once I had some cuttings sent to me from the states and for some reason getting anything sent from the states to Canada all ways take over 3 weeks but the cuttings looked great. I just dont know why the stuff from some vender's in Thailand come half dead. "
" Quel paradoxe !? " would a French fellow say. It is indeed surprising that they take longer from the USA but look great and from some Thai vendors arrive half dead after a shorter travel. There would be several explanations for this assessment, see below my comment.
One day a Hoya addict in Canada reported to me that his hoya coming from nurseries in Australia and Thailand would always look different than those grown in western homes ( hence under artificial conditions ) . It is worthy to note that hoya plants growing under tropical temperature have a lighter green than those grown at lower temperature. It is not just a matter of artificial versus natural conditions of growing : you would see Hoyas in Thai nurseries in December or January, the coldest months of the year with a much darker green than during the rest of the year !

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Hoya campanulata, a fragile plant with a higher risk

Today is Nov.16,2010 24 days since my purchase of 11 Hoya cuttings received from you on Oct.23, 2010 It has been a total of 34 days since the cuttings were taken by yourselves on Oct.13, 2010 in preparation for shipment to me.

I am happy to report that 9 of the 11 cutting developed terrestrial roots and were transferred into soil on Nov.13,2010. They were subjected to 16 hrs. of light /400 watts of CFL. Steady room temperature of between 72-85 degrees. 50-60 % R.H. Heating mat under cuttings. Pictures attached.(as of Nov.16,2010) I appears as if I am going to be successful here! 1 of the 11 cuttings did not survive. H.campanulata never developed roots and was handled and propagated in the same manner as those that did develop roots. H.campanulata I believe was D.O.A. (dead on arrival) and did not make the trip. The remaining failed cutting, H.Kenejiana was removed from propagation on Nov.13,2010-recut-growth hormone- placed back into a plastic bag as a 'final attempt' of regenerating this cutting. I will let you know if after 34 + days this cutting catches. I planted it directly into soil and skipped the soiless mix.
Both these cuttings were noted to be smaller in stem diameter and appeared (the most) dehydrated upon arrival.
My estimated cost accounting for the one loss now averages approx. $10.00 USD per cutting. I will contact you again for future orders.

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Hoyas cuttings for the mail and those that have too thin stems

In this thread some hoya growers exchange their views about Hoyas suited for extra long travel by mail to Brazil and those that have too thin stems, some lists are given :

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hoya/msg111537145320.html?3

When some plants have thin stems a better option of purchase may be the whole rooted plant instead of a cutting

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