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| Since you guys are the ones partial to Hoyas, I presume... I ordered it, then was sort of regretful about it as I was actually wanting more of a spiller plant, but once it came out of the box so erect and "happy" despite having been shipped -- I completely fell in love with it.
Cutest plant ever. Well, at least in my house. :-) I'm excited to see how it grows, and hope it stays as "happy-looking"! I'm intending to keep it next to a south-facing window and perhaps later in the spring, I'll let it outside. |
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| Hi! Welcome to the Hoya Forum. That is a very pretty H. Kerrii. It just looks darling. I grow this one also and I just love it's leaves. Good luck with your Kerrii. Sounds like you have researched your growing conditions, it should do well for you! Please post more pictures as it grows. -Teisa |
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| A very good looking plant! :) I'm sure it will thrive in your care and eventually reward you with beautiful flowers! |
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| Kerrii has been a long-time favorite of mine. Your's is a cute little start. Now, stand back and watch it go wild!! The very stiff vines are hard to train, but it's a plant I could not live without. In fact, I have several different clones. Be sure to let this one dry out pretty good between waterings. Where did you get it? Denise in Omaha |
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| Thanks, Teisa, Klea and Denise! Here it is repotted into gritty mix, which I figured was going to be better for it than 5-1-1... I really liked the loose potting soil that the seller had used, though.
Denise, I bought it on eBay from the seller linked below. Thanks for the comments -- this really is my cutest plant! -Grace. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Seller of Hoya kerrii
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- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 16:04
| Haha. It is very cute indeed. My kerrii is not very large, but since no one else has responded with their pictures, I thought I'd give you an idea of how it will go. If you were to grow your kerrii without support, in a basket, it would end up growing something like this:
If you gave it some support to help it continue upward, as it likes, it would end up something like this:
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| Goodness, these are so awesome, greedyghost! Thanks for showing me. How many years of growth do you think that is? The growth seems to be really slow on these....is that like 10 years of growth? lol I can't even imagine these stems being so trainable. I love the hanging basket -- and for this plant, I just might consider hanging a basket as I normally steer clear of hanging anything. |
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- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 17:12
| Yeah it seems like a slow one, to me, too, but a lot of times Hoyas dawdle for the first year or two that they live in a new location, just acclimatizing, or filling out a new pot, and then they take off like a rocket. The second photo definitely doesn't look 10 years old to me... maybe 3-6 years old... grown indoors without supplemental light in Germany? And the plant from the first photo is grown outside in Texas, which gives it an advantage. It looks pretty mature to me, but you can bang out some big plants fast when you grow outdoors in a southern climate. They really aren't very trainable. I haven't figured out what I'm going to do with mine either, but I think I might grow it hanging, too. (Also unusual for me.) If you put it on a hoop, it just ends up refusing to cooperate once it reaches the top. The owner of that second plant is actually complaining about this issue in their post. She just gave it a bigger hoop and it's already banging its new growth against the window, she says. |
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| I should have called this "the slowest plant ever"! I guess everything being EXACTLY the same as it was a month ago is fair enough and no cause to worry. But I'm aging here waiting for this thing to do something -- anything lol. It's so cute that I wanted to grow it inside but perhaps it's telling me it wants to be outdoors.... Grace |
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- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 22:17
| It takes them a while to get going in the beginning, sometimes. I'm not sure why, but I suspect they're getting used to the new environment, since cuttings start growing again faster. So, here's my advice. Get about 300 or so, and one will always be doing something. Just kidding... (maybe) ;) |
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- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 23:52
| Hi, Yeah Kerriis are cool but odd. Here's one of mine, which grows in a vase of water w/ Leca stones (hydro. or semi-hydro).
showing some of its roots.
It bloomed last Aug. for the first time & it was 2.5 yrs. from when I cut it & grew it in water.
We do love our Kerriis!! Couple of pointers: when you train it, I use wire hangars that I open, reshape & close (not for the Hoyas shown but others), you need to do it while the vines are young & thinner, they'll thicken w/ age, becoming more difficult to bend w/out breaking or leaking this white sap, looks like Elmer's Glue but is harmless. |
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| Greedy, LMAO! Then I would have 300 sitting here doing nothing! Pirate - yours is also so cute, and obviously has done more growing than mine. Do you fertilize? I think i will nr 80 by the time i need a wite hanger for mine, given how this thing knows how to freeze time. Perhaps if I cut this and use it all over my face, it will freeze time and stop all aging or growing forever. Grace |
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| Has anyone seen the variegated form of Kerri? pretty plant a hit at Valentines. But not seen it with flowers yet. |
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| I am now convinced they sent me a silk plant. That is all. LOL Grace |
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- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 14:56
| LOL Grace. They could have at least sent one in bloom, then! |
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- Posted by teengardener1888 NY Albany 5a (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 17:48
| There are variegated specimens |
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