For those of you who can't read the labels, the complete list is:

H. valmayoriana
H. sp. Teneba Pass
H. tannaensis
H. sp. Black Dragon (not pictured)
H. glabra
H. imperialis var. rauchii
H. estrellaensis
H. sp. Kunming Kina
H. Joy

First let me congratulate you on receiving such beautiful cuttings - They look outstanding! As far as rooting in Growstones, I think you will be pleased. I have moved over to rooting almost exclusively in them, and it is now my medium of choice for growing Hoyas in semi-hydro. Here is a photo of the root system on H. villosa 8 weeks after starting with Growstones.

You have made some very nice selections there, goddess.

I personally am most fond of valmayoriana (you will always be 0831 to me, valmayoriana!), estrellaensis, sp. Kunming Kina, and cv. Joy. I haven't found that any of them require specific care - pretty typical Hoyas, really. Hoya estrellaensis has my favorite Hoya fragrance. It's like the cologne the sexiest man on earth would wear.

I remember when I got my tannaensis, it looked really upset, too. I don't think it travels that great... thin leaves... etc... But it's still a vigorous species. I bet you won't have any trouble rooting it and it will be huge 3 months later. Just like buotii.

> I'm growing these in growstones. I'm loving the material for potting up established plants, but I am kind of nervous about rooting in them. Any experiences?

Most people I've seen talk about Growstones do the other way around thing and root in them, but then pot them into their more traditional favorite medium. So, yes, you will be pleased.

I got a bag of them a while ago and other than a little experiment here and there, I have not done anything with them. When I got a bunch of cuttings a month or so ago, I chickened out and did the thing that worked for me perfectly in the past (my traditional medium, 35 species rooted and none lost previously). So, I am dipping my toes, just very slowly, where the cost of failure would be low.

Oh, I did pot up a Cattleya orchid into about 50/50 mix of Growstones and bark (not semi-hydro, but using the mix as traditional potting medium), but only because the culture advice everywhere was SCREAMING that Cattleyas need to dry out completely between waterings. That mix was total freestyling on my part - I did not run it by anyone. I set the small pot on top of a lamp for faster drying out, too. I may have overdone the drying out part, actually, I'll see.

Good luck rooting, the cuttings look great!