So, I thought I would cheer myself up with some Haiku. I know there's a teen poet in all of you. Let's see what you've got.

fragile snowy fluff
my lance is a cotton swab
mealy bones remain

vitiensis, why
do vines grow from drainage holes
on both of my plants

secretive umbel
playing hide and seek. my nose
leads to your sweet cove

Why are they running you ragged?

I'm considering writing a limerick if no one answers my haiku challenge... feel free to consider that a threat! >:)

As for the Hoyas, oh... they are just at this point where they could really stand a habitat overhaul. I need to update their light fixtures and do some hoop work. I need to trim all the dry vines and nip all the wonky leaves. And I got some mealies and a small spider mite infestation. And when I was going through them the other day I discovered two that really needed to be restarted. And my eriostemmas just totally need to be relocated because they are way too tall to live with the others, so I guess they're going to have to live with imperialis and the kohleria. They just need some tlc, you know?

I understand. I have 50+ plants (5 hoyas) and they get moved to sunny locations in the morning and back to their ledges at night. Bug checks, pruning, repotting, watering, not watering...I totally get what you mean.

Mealies are the worst. Luckily, I only saw one on a non Hoya but that scared the crap out of me. The plant is still in quarantine. What are you working with as an insecticide?

The postman's jingling keys
and a package at my door,
cut hoyas galore!

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Young hoya cuttings
waiting for you to flourish
impatient as can be.

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No pests to be found,
Yay! I must have good habits
Wait, are those white specks?!

(luckily not true for me yet!)

As for running ragged, I repotted a publicalyx yesterday, my God, the one vine was over 10 feet long when I finally got it unwound. Took forever! I had been planning on doing a couple more, but after that, I was due a cold beer. lol

I was changing out the trellis as well.

Renee

Sweet, loving vines
swatting at my face as I pass under

No penduncles in sight,
but you throw out your pink leaves
with unbridled joy.

Fitchii

Proud deep veins with prouder roots - how can I not fuss over you? You pin yourself up with a peachy clip and soak up the sun with your white face.

Lacunosa

I shrivel a little, hang down a little
grow a little and fall a little.
I shyly reach out for other things.

Mike

In honor of lasiantha coming through for me, I've got a matched pair for her.

luminous peach eggs
suspended in soft spring air
hatch fragrant monsters

ochre furred dragons
in vertical flight, teeth snap
silken leaves to shreds

I kind of look forward to seeing you fall into a poetry stupor, Mike.

Hoya
Leaves like leather
And blooms of wax
Transparent globes of sweet nectar

(I'll see what else I can muster)

Carnosa, carnosa, will you open your flower?
Carnosa, carnosa, it's been more than an hour!

In the cool air of night,
I detect an odor of delight.
Which Hoya is blooming?
Fragrance is all consuming.

Okay. That's what I got. You guys are great!

I seriously doubt that I can come up with something to rival what has already been posted. Time to look up the Haiku format.

Mike

Acanthostemma
Night time candy scented blooms
Dangle on threads

Mike

Mike, I adore your choice of subject. I really love flowers that bloom on those long threads and your photo popped right into my head as I read the words. I knew you weren't going to faint from poetry-block!

I know I'm being an über-dork, but I am enjoying this thread so much it's just silly. Thanks so much for playing along. :)