This
summer has seen my Hoya plants flourish like never before.
My Hoya fungii,
has produced 11 seed pods over the summer.
I managed to catch all but
the first – of which I gathered approx 30 from around the plant.
My Hoya
obovata also put out a single seed pod.
Using
my method of enclosing the seed pod, on the plant, within a sockette. It has proven
to be a wonderfully easy way of collecting the seeds.
Even if
the pod opens, the seeds are unable to float away and are captured inside to be
gathered and planted right away.
I have
experimented with several methods of germinating and in several mediums.
The best success has come from those I
germinated in totally enclosed containers.
A medium of orchid mix, perlite and potting mix have worked well, as has
sphagnum moss and vermiculite. I have also moved them outside into a hothouse.
I am just
waiting on the seedlings to put out their second set of leaves, before
repotting.
I also
gained a Hoya densifolia for my collection
… and look already an umbel!
