Congrats! Mine grows and grows, but no signs of umbels... I think linearis likes cold weather so maybe this time of year helps!

Hope you can post pictures!

Kelly in WV

Congratulations Kelly this is not an easy Hoya to root cuttings of, grow or bloom. My plant makes buds but they never bloom and I attribute that to the fact that the temperature does not fall enough at night to maintain the buds. I aim for around 65F but I am sure that linearis would like it lower still. Do you grow your plant cool?

Mike

Kelly: you generous lass from yonder hills. You would be pleased with how your progeny is doing.

Mike: Indeed I do grow it cool. Mostly cuz I'm too cheap to heat my wee house at night. So for 12 hours the heat is essentially off and then a few hours during the day the heat is on. Old houses don't heat very efficiently, so linearis is never very warm. Mind you I'm PNW, so it's not like it is routinely getting below freezing outside at night. Thermostat says the house goes down to 15 degrees. I have it hanging right by the window as well (not grown with lights). It grows slow to moderately during the warm months, but this winter it has really taken off. The wee umbel is right on the end of the branch and doesn't have much of a stem to it. I'll try to take some photos...well thanks for the kind words. I'm needing them about now.

Kelly :)

It does get a little chilly in your house! Mine is currently on my enclosed porch which gets down to about the same temperature as your house.

This is the second time I've heard about cuttings from my mother plants budding/blooming before my mother plant does! One of these days! Can't wait to see a picture of it!

Kelly in WV

Ahhhh. Hello to Mama plant! You know, may I say that I have paid large sums for bringing in cuttings that haven't done a darn thing (cv 'Sunrise' you useless ...). Then you sent me that cutting and it grows and grows. I love that plant I really do. It's far out and weird and looks like it needs an iron supplement (lol) but it is by far and away my favourite. I would not have ordered it either, as I am just too predictable (and know too little) when it comes to hoyas. So that is my paragraphy way of saying thank you.

Any time! I still love my earrings from the boys!

Thank you!

It was the least I could do...

Bam! Maybe that's how I'll know what my next hoya purchase should be. Let someone else decide. Look how well the linearis gig turned out. Okay Kelly. C'mere Mike. Yo Denise. I'm in need of a hoya personal shopper. Small house, cold at night, modest plant abilities...I trust you all implicitly.

Kelly in Victoria

My first thought for a smaller cool grower is Hoya serpens. I really like Hoya shepherdii and longifolia but they can become long hanging plants although they bloom during the cool weather. Hoya thompsonii is an intermediate grower and it would be fine with the conditions you have, thompsonii is an amazing Hoya with thick hard hairy leaves (sometimes spotted) and white highly fragrant flowers.

Mike

I am on the trail oh hoya whisperer. Shepherdii, longifolia, thomsonii, got it. Serpens I have and it has not done a darn thing in 2 years. By all accounts it should do well. I'll start tracking them...

Kelly