2009 - WAX PLANT (Hoya carnosa)
6/20/09 - Debbie spent months rooting and nurturing a wax plant cutting which she mailed to me. Two years and two months later, on 9/14/11, I was rewarded with blossoms. Thank you, Kleine. :o)
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11/25/12 - David and Melissa came for Kevin's birthday and took the "Momma" home with them.
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2012-7-21 Wax plant too thick so cut back quite a bit and dressed the pot with a bit more soil. Took the opportunity to remove
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Wax plant grown in water is blooming 6/30/12 PL DE - Second bud filling in at the bottom where vine touches the rail.
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3-25-12 - While watering, discovered a 2nd bud on the same branch as in previous picture!
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3/24/12 - Whodathunk it! Spotted a blossom growing on one of the plants grown in "bottled water". :o)
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10/5/11 - The soda bottle cuttings from Aug. 25 are doing ok and I added a couple slips from todays haircut.
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10/5/11 - Now that I know it will put out runners like crazy and that those runners will have buds, it was time for major prunin
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9/16/11 - I wanted to see what the flowers look like when they're just breaking bud and not fully open.
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9/13/11 - Oleandar Aphids have found the blossoms. Where's the Raid!?
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9/14/11 - On the left, before, and on the right, after the haircut 9/13/11. I sprayed the heck out of it with Raid and then let
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9/14/11 - I hadn't seen it because it was covered with foliage. Of course, I went looking for more, but other than the two on t
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9/14/11 Wax Plant (Hoya carnosa) - Thanks to Debbie! (smooch)
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9/14/11 - At one point I counted more than a dozen buds. It's interesting to see how some made it and some didn't. (shrug) I'm
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9/10/11 - I... can't... help... myself...
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9/9/11 Oleander Aphid (Aphis nerii)
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9/6/11 wax plant healthy runners
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9/6/11 one of the buds
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9/6/11 close up of a flower bud
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8/26/11 - Wax plant after the trimming.
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8/25/11 - Took the bull by the horns and did some serious cutting back. Tossed some runners, some in water, some in pot, and, y
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8/25/11 - Plant hasn't suffered from all the rain and instead seems to be very happy pushing out new growth and buds. I may act
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8/25/11 - That's definitely going in a pot with dirt along with two others. I can't believe that a bud developed on that stem w
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8/25/11 - I have BUD! Yes! :oD
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6-23-11 I don't know what to do. I've already cut off 4 runners and now there are 9 more, most 2' or longer. I don't know whet
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3/29/11 - All the long shoots untangled from the blinds and brought down.
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early March 2011 - Runners are growing through the blinds.
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11/18/2010 - So ---- I saw a tiny, weird looking, bump on the plant. I couldn't make it out with my bare eyes, so had to take a
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10/31/10 - Have joked about needing a tomato cage. While walking on Skyline Drive this afternoon, found something a little more
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9/16/10 - (see description)
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7/22/2010 - Eureka! - 5 days later the nubbins are turning into roots. Learned something new - wax plants can be rooted in wate
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7/17/2010 - closeup of the "nubbins"
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7/17/2010 - Saw what I thought might possibly be air roots starting on a couple of stems. Decided to cut one off and put in wat
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7/9/2010 - repotted!
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7/9/2010 - repotted and buried those two shoots to see if they would take.
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1) 1-19-2010 - Wax plant today. Debbie spent months tending and nurturing a cutting. I want her to know I appreciate her time
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2) 1-19-2010 - When watering, noticed a new shoot and thought I'd let Debbie know.
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3) 1-19-2010 - Preparing to take the picture I noticed another shoot that was down on the soil! I decided to move it up.
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4) 1-19-2010 - Next, it was time to dust the plant. While wiping the leaves, I discovered another two-leaved shoot! That was a
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5) 1-19-2010 - As I got to end of the dusting, I was flabbergasted one more time as I found yet a fourth shoot (the large circle
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2009-10-25 001 The new growth was getting too long between leaves, so I swallowed the lump in my throat and pinched off the end.
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Wax Plant 9-6-09
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wax plant 8-13-09
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6-21-2009 wax plant happy
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