My hoya plant has been in the sunroom for three years now. As mentioned in a previous blog, my hoya originated from a start taken from a plant my grandmother brought into her house in the 1940s.
We can confidently say the hoya has
thrived in the sunroom. The planter it’s rooted in has vanished under a thick
proliferation of vines and leaves, and vines have also twined up the wall and
across the ceiling. The most recent growth surge has sent runners out in an
attempt to reach outside through the nearby glass. Some vines are even
attempting an escape through the window between the sunroom and what is now my
office.
A hoya will go wherever it can and
will set roots in other pots if its vines or nodes come into contact with soil.
Hoyas thrive by naturally rooting along their stems when they find organic
matter or moisture. If a vine extends into a nearby pot and touches the
soil—especially at a node (the point where leaves and aerial roots emerge)—it
can begin to root there over time.
As a point of fact, my hoya is
presently in a planter it stole from a jade plant. For this reason, I’m keeping
a close watch on the runners to make sure they don’t plant themselves in a
neighbor’s pot of soil.
I’ve posted a photograph of the hoya.
Please note, as a reference for size, the Cold Smoke Beer on the brick ledge.
—Mitchell Hegman
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