You've made it easier for us. Who knows we'll someday get one to bloom too! Thank you for sharing your clever insights and tips!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome Maria!

This is such valuable information! Thank you! I recently got hoya curtisii and it is so little but it will grow 😊You'res is magnificent and its such beauty!!!

Never seen a curtisii bloom, great job! It's so cute and unique

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It is hard to believe that it has been 6 years since I put this video up!

Wow 👏 😮 so beautiful 😍 infact all your hoya videos are lit

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lynda!

Spectacular!! You grow such nice specimen!!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I just got one. Thanks for this!!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Good luck with your new Hoya!

Ooooh wow 😮 My friend gave me a small plant of cuttings of Hoya Curtisii and I’m babying it like you have no idea. I want to see it get this big. You inspired me. Great video from Florida! 🙋🏻‍♀️

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! If you live in Florida you will have no problem with Hoya curtisii!

@enazario3377

4 жыл бұрын

Doug Chamberlain that is so good to hear 👂 Tysm!!!

hi again Doug, this one is a native of my country of origin, philippines, i m waiting for my favourite nursery to have this stocked soon! cheers!!!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

6 жыл бұрын

Hi May, Hoya curtisii is one of the great ones that is for sure, and I love Philippine Hoyas. Thanks for leaving the comment and cheers to you as well!

Огромное спасибо!!! Ваша хойя красавица!!!)))

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

7 жыл бұрын

Добро пожаловать!

Cute little beauty...I got a long way to go..but loving the cute heart leaves..great info as always

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Anita. Since I made that video, Hoya curtisii has flowered once a year, and many times it was as the days began to lengthen in February and March. I think more than anything this is a plant that needs to get some age on it before it will flower - at least 3 or 4 years.

What a beautiful plant you have! I just bought mine and had no idea why she was dropping leafs like crazy but now I’m thinking I wasn’t giving her enough light so thank you for saving mine 😂💕

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help, but if it is dropping leaves like crazy, I would suspect too much water more than not enough light. In the years since this video was made, I flowered the plant in very dim light at least two times.

Doug you have such good beautiful hobby. I have the patio with sun-shade. I hope my new plants will like it

@colly1952

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a fan of hoyas, and would love to have more of them. But I live up in Northwestern Quebec, in Canada. I have had an hoya carmosa for at least 20 years and it hasn't bloomed in the last 5 years probably because I keep my room too cold as I just cannot stand the heat. Also, as I've just learned watching many of your videos today, I've never used the right kind of soil although they did flower until 5 years ago. I've just repoted them 2daýs ago. Into 2 huge containers with about 10 pounds of sand at the botton for drainage and 8 pounds of potting soil on top. That is in each container. From what I've just learned, my hoyas are going to be busy making roots and little else, lol but I don't really mind as I have such an abundance of beautiful foliage. And cannot bear throwing away live plant cuttings. I've given a lot away over the years though otherwise I'd be smothered in them, lol.

@sealife13

5 жыл бұрын

@@colly1952 Do they get some Sunshine? Otherwise they won't bloom either.

@colly1952

5 жыл бұрын

@@sealife13 Hi! It's in front of 2 corner windows, one facing North the other West. I have only 3 windows the other also faces North. It does get lots of light, just not direct sunshine. I get lots of beautiful foliage, just no more flowers, 😥😥 . Some things you just can't change. I can't even put them outdoors since I repotted then in 2 huge storage bins, so they're too heavy to move. My mistake, lol. I'm thinking of buying artificial lights from Amazon, but don't know wich ones would be best.

cooles making withe cuts and musik to the end, the wonderful art of doug in all films. he loves realy flowers like me. thanks doug from germany man-helge

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment from Germany Helge!

Wow! That's dedication! 😄💚

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

It was a lot of work, but now I don't think it was necessary as it has bloomed in late February inside of my house twice since I made this video in a window where it gets very little light. Hoyas are always a mystery.

@RadioImmunoAssay2

5 жыл бұрын

Haha! Maybe it just needs to be an old plant 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm hoping to get a cutting from Stef Hall (another youtuber) soon. I didn't know curtisii is native to the Philippines 😲 Now I'm extra excited about possibly getting one!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of truth to what you say. There are many Hoyas that need to get some years on them before they will flower.

Thank you so much for the helpful advice. I will make room to place hoya curtisii in the sunny part of window.🥰

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, but since I made this video I have flowered Hoya curtisii many times in very dark conditions. Hoyas continually surprise us with their behavior. Good luck with your plant; I hope you flower it soon!

now I know how to be successful with this hoya! I've had some Hoya for quite a few years in hanging baskets have not been getting enough Sun for them to bloom so I'm going to rethink where I have been outside this summer! Thank you so much for making this video and helping us care for our hoyas

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kathleen! Since I've filmed this video I have flowered curtisii a couple of times in very dim lighting as soon as the day length started increasing in February. So I am no longer sure that more sun is the answer; it won't hurt, but it will flower when it wants to flower I guess.

@kathleenmurphy2379

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas thanks so much for your reply you are such a godsend to the Hoya community! Keep up all the wonderful work you do

@kathleenmurphy2379

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas and I apologize for the gobbledygook that was in my first post. I use the microphone 2 write my comments because it's much quicker than trying to type on my cell phone but what ends up happening is it misunderstands what I said and I don't catch the mistake... In some time since I have insomnia I'm doing it 3 in the morning and I don't catch the mistakes... All you guys with computers to use how lucky you are! So I apologize for the Goblet ebook when I get embarrassed whatever I read some of the dumb things that has been posted because my comments long and the beginning of my comment disappears off the screen!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

3 жыл бұрын

@@kathleenmurphy2379 I really wish there was a really good voice to text function for the computer or phone as I type slow and have an increasing amount of correspondence, which is starting to get out of hand.

@kathleenmurphy2379

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas maybe you could just use your smartphone to do the correspondence. When I first bought my cell phone I didn't see it on the keyboard and I was upset cuz I had started to use it on my old phone. But lo and behold underneath the :-) on my Samsung Galaxy keyboard if you hold that in and press down a little pop-up menu comes up and there's the microphone! So when I'm using the microphone I can't used those little smiley faces and other little cute little pictures! But on my Galaxy the pop-up menu is right beside where it says Sym. On the bottom left hand last row on the keyboard. There's another but depressed that has different folks the way she works under it and then there's the spacebar so maybe your smartphone has it. Not sure what an iPhone has on its keyboard. When I didn't know about the microphone hiding in a pop-up menu I was using something called Swype that's on my cell phone keyboard at all you have to do is like glad your fingers from one letter to the other a little mini computer to know what words are talking about it's a lot easier than typing one letter at a time on a cell phone keyboard. I'm so glad I had typing in High School

Thanks for the tip. Just purchased mine, this past Saturday from the home Depot.

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

I bought one of those myself about six weeks ago. I have other videos on this plant as I have learned much about it since this original video. It turns out it will flower even in a very dark window in January or February once it is old enough. The most important thing with this plant to keep it growing is lots of humidity.

@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden

5 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas Humidity is definitely, what I can offer. It's a large plant, meaning, it's in a 10inch pot and fills it totally. It looks as if people have taken peices of it. The branches are short and look picked at.🤔 I decided to save it from that misery😊. It was drenched with water and last night, we had a large ran storm. I hope it pulls through. I am anxiously awaiting those flowers. I wish I knew its age🤔. Thanks for sharing and happy growing.

I’m not sure if you even still check this videos notifications but I came just across this video searching for Hoya curtisii blooms after mine bloomed and wanted to know how some else would describe the smell. Like a very fresh citrusy perfume! I bought mine at a Home Depot maybe late 2019 and it’s been in both a west and east window. It stayed without any progress in a west window for months and months and wanted that window for something else so I put it in an easy window and really neglected it. You’re right it likes to really dry out but bright sun doesn’t necessarily matter. What I did notice was after using super thrive and liqui-dirt fertilizer peduncles literally popped out everywhere!! I now have gotten my Hoya krinkle 8 also in an east window to have its first peduncle and my Hoya Retusa bloomed after only having it since February which was a cutting! Try liqui-dirt on your Hoya’s. I think you’ll be amazed at how fast they’ll bloom!!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dawn, I check these comments every few days. I have discovered since this video was filmed that Hoya curtisii does not need much light to flower either as I have flowered it in the shadows during February in a north window. I have some of that liqui-dirt fertilizer, but have yet to try it. On your recommendation I will give it a go. Thanks for the comment and congrats on your great growing success!

@debbiefox6846

2 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas I am going to pick some up. Harli G. here on YT swears by the stuff.

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

@@debbiefox6846 I have to give high praise to liqui-dirt as well. I also have not had as many flowers🌸 and first-time- bloomers in many years. I am starting to believe the hype.

Beautiful 🦋👍

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I just found some peduncles on mine 😊😊😊 so I had to look up on the blooms ❤❤❤

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

7 ай бұрын

How exciting! This is a kind of difficult Hoya to flower so you have done some great growing!

I have this Hoya so happy to see the blooms

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

3 жыл бұрын

Tricky little Hoya. Forget seeking out the sun; the plant can take the sun, but it is not necessary to flower. More than anything else, it needs very high humidity to do well, Also let it dry out well before watering. Good luck!

Good job guy

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donna!

Great video. It’s seems your curtisii video is the only one of its kind. I have one I received in the mail this week with a lot of yellowing (and it seems to be spreading so to speak) so I’m going to give it sun. Before this video it was sitting in medium indoor light! Thanks Doug

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Brenda! This species only grows well with good humidity; also let it dry right out before watering.

@brendaaaaanaya

5 жыл бұрын

Doug Chamberlain thank you! I keep humidity at a minimum of 54% at this time. I’m going to place it in a window that receives morning sun. I am in California where our summer sun might be too strong for it this time of year. Thanks for your reply!

História Doug suas flores de cera são diferentes e interessantes pena que não tem aqui no Brasil pelo menos nunca vi,parabéns

@claudiacosta4158

5 жыл бұрын

Quis dizer hi

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

Siempre me sorprende que no haya más plantas de cera en Brasil y en toda Sudamérica. Creo que es porque son muy difíciles de importar.

@claudiacosta4158

5 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas temos de outras espécies é as suas são beautiful

What kind of soil do you have for this plant? My curtisii cuttings rooted well in sphagnum moss now. Do I need to remove the moss before planting them in soil? Thanks.

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

3 жыл бұрын

Many growers, myself included, have had bad luck long term with sphagnum left on the roots. I have not tried it with curtisii in particular though so it is up to you whether to leave it or not. You need a well draining mix with aeration for curtisii that is only watered well when dry. You could try 50 percent perlite and 50% high quality peat-based potting mix. Curtisii needs a warm humid environment to grow well. Good luck!

full sun you say... thanks! I am in Texas and we sure have lots of sun here... do you recommend other sun loving hoyas? Thanks!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

3 жыл бұрын

According to Ted Green, most of his Hoyas are grown in full sun in Hawaii. I have so little sun here in Vermont and the intensity would not be up to your Texas sun so it is hard for me to give you recommendations. Hoya cumingiana has done well for me here in full sun, but I have not tried any others.

What do the blooms smell like? Are they citrusy scented? I just bought one today and haven't had hoyas in general for very long so none of mine have bloomed yet. Really curious to smell what the big deal is with hoya flowers! :)

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

4 жыл бұрын

Hoya curtisii has a light perfumed lemony smell, but yes there are hoyas such as calycina that have fragrances that are overpoweringly sweet with one set of flowers perfuming an entire house.

I have seen pictures where this plants leaves are a warm rose shade, and it says it's been sunstressed. On yours all leaves look green even though its been in direct sun. Can you explain this? Thank you for this lovely video!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

It may have something to do with the age of the plant; I also think that there are a couple of different clones around that may be slightly different from one another. I also found that the newest growth would get a tinge of reddish color but then fade as an aged.

I just bought one, a rare find for $22.50 and it's almost 12" on some vines. Hopefully it blooms soon! I also read that you should not cut off spent peduncles because they rebloom from them?

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

Жыл бұрын

Good luck on your new Hoya curtisii Erik! They absolutely will flower on old peduncles so never cut them off!

I feel like this plant is misunderstood, because it can function like a string plant, in relativey generic soil designed only to drain well. However, I think this Southeast Asian wax plant has a lot in common with the Peperomia family fo succulents from Peru (infamous terrarium plants). Nobody EVER reccomends putting a hoya in a terrarium, but the slow growth habit of this plant and it's epiphitic nature, means that I can add a fistful of lava rock and bark to the top of an incline of slopped soil, with moss going all the way down the soil and a compact type hoya at the top of the slope in pure rock and bark. So long as I design my terrarium to hold the hoya's roots out of direct water, it can withstand a surprising amount of humidty on the part of the plant that is above the soil, and the glass amplifies the light on the leaves in a way that seems to keep the plant alive but growing in that classically slow way that hoyas grow. I just plan to propogate it heavily if it ever has a growth spurt (why would it, if it's not in direct sunlight ever?). The rules say no, but my experience says yes...hoyas are the most beautiful thing I have worked with in a terrarium, honestly, but it's a radical move, I admit, requiring that a terrarium be set up with a lot of thought about the hoya's native environment.

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

Жыл бұрын

Done right with a carefully selected choice of plants, Hoyas would do tremendously well grown in a terrarium. The only problem that I can foresee is that most of them might do too well and quickly overrun the container. Please report back with your use of Hoyas in the terrarium, as I find it fascinating!

@jasonharrington7521

Жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas Oh my gosh, I too am really facinated about how in the world I have a Curtisii and a Wayetti both together in a terrarium that is maybe 1gallon big. I placed them in there thinking I could just aggressively propogate them, because it's an odd candy-dish shape, raised off the table with a stem, so it is an ideal set-up to eventually just take the lid off and let the plants trail, if I can't keep it cut fast enough.

When they are outside do you find they get bugs?

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

It can be a problem, but I find that I rarely get bugs, and if I do I use a systemic insecticide that usually kills them in short order.

Just got a HC and my leaves keep yellowing and falling off! I haven’t even watered it yet...still wet from the nursery. Should i repot? Getting tons of sun ..

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

Don't repot and don't water until the root ball totally dries out. I got one of these super soaked H. curtisii plants a few weeks ago myself and I didn't water it for three weeks. It looked terrible, but is now doing very well with tons of new growth in my warm humid grow tent. Hopefully yours will get over dropping its leaves soon.

@slizzynguyenner6442

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the encouragement and amazing content!! Literally just put HC on my west porch for max sun exposure per your video!! #SunChasing this Good Friday!

Do all Hoyas do better with more sunlight?

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

4 жыл бұрын

Not in my experience Gabbi, I am actually amazed sometimes at how little light you can get away with growing some Hoyas. There are exceptions, but as a general rule bright indirect light is best for the majority of Hoyas.

what is the hoya with the fragrance you like the most????????

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

6 жыл бұрын

If I had to pick one it would by Hoya calycina. It smells like lilacs in the spring. Just a few flowers will perfume a room at night.

So I took your advice and promptly went and hung my curtisii outside in the sun. I checked the weather and saw it wouldn't rain until the next evening. Well I woke up to pouring rain. So I ran outside and got it, put it under a fan to dry, but now it's turning yellow =(. Any advice? I'm trying to get it to root and I really want it to LIVE! Thanks in advance!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

4 жыл бұрын

If you are trying to get cuttings of curtisii to root, you need warm and humid with indirect light. The plant wants to thoroughly dry out before watering. Fully established plants can take full sun. These things will almost grow too fast given ideal conditions. I have a plant that has tripled in size since April in my grow tent. Humidity is the most important element in growing curtisii. If your soil is soaked and your cuttings are turning yellow, remove the cuttings take off the yellow leaves and start again. I wish you the best of luck with your plant.

@Gabbigeo

4 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas Thank you! It makes sense cuttings can't take full sun right at first. Not sure why that didn't occur to me. 🙄 I definitely have the humidity for them but I've moved them to a shadier spot where they get some slight morning sun and will keep an eye on them. Thanks for your help! And your helpful videos!

Usted no enbia a otro pais esta hoya como Perú me gustaria comprar esta hoya es hermoso

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

No, no envío plantas a Perú ni a ningún lugar fuera de los Estados Unidos.

i have had cuttings but can't get them to root what's the secret?

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Bridgett, You've probably heard it all before, but very warm and humid using a media that doesn't hold to much or two little water should root your curtisii in short order. I've always wanted to experiment rooting and growing it in pure sphagnum moss as I have a feeling that it might do very well that way. H. curtisii really does not ever want to sit in wet soil as that will kill it in a hurry.

@colly1952

5 жыл бұрын

I just stick a stem in water and wait until it roots, then plant it. I've done a lot of that since I just can't bear to throw away any cuttings, lol .

@colly1952

5 жыл бұрын

Oops, maybe that doesn't work with this variety. Mine are Carnina. Sorry!

Can you do an update on your plant after all these years? Is it still alive?

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

I finally got rid of it last year, but it flowered many times since I made this video, and frequently when it got almost no sun at all. Hoya curtisii is an enigma. See this video of it that I made a year ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6WOy5Wyltreopc.html

@shnuggumz

2 жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyas thanks so much for the update, and sharing the video. Never thought you’d get rid of this one!

I don’t know why, but this one doesn’t do well for me at all... I have no problem with any other of my hoya, but this one just will not get healthy for me 😫 it has been looking on deaths door for months but hasn’t fully died yet...

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Missi, Hoya curtisii is a miserable plant to get established. You might have fared better if you had started with a good sized plant. It literally won't grow without very high humidity. It can sit there for years without growing if conditions aren't to its liking, but it is also capable of very quick growth if it likes its environment.

Me gustaria comprar esta hoya esta muy linda donde venderán

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

5 жыл бұрын

Esta es una planta muy común y se vende en eBay todo el tiempo. También todos los vendedores tailandeses lo tienen.

it's pronounced as curtis-ee-eye

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

I figured that out by the time I did my second or third H. curtisii video.

Isn't it pronounced curt see I? 💚

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, because it was named after a collector named Mr. Curtis so if you are going to pronounce his name in the pronunciation of the plant it would have to be curtis ee eye

@cadavercakes

Жыл бұрын

@@DougChamberlainVTHoyasoh wow that's how I say it

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

Жыл бұрын

@@cadavercakes Glad I wasn't the only one 😃!

This plant honestly for me is so creepy

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

4 жыл бұрын

It is a little creepy, but I guess that is why they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Kurt see eye 😊 and pee dunkle. Please!!

@DougChamberlainVTHoyas

2 жыл бұрын

It is hard to correct something that was published 8 years ago. My pronunciation has gotten better of late I think. It should be Kur tis see eye as the plant is named after a someone named after Charles Curtis 🙂

@cadavercakes

Жыл бұрын

People pronounce things differently...it isnt a crime

@nereisa

Жыл бұрын

@@cadavercakes no one said that it’s a crime 😊

@cadavercakes

Жыл бұрын

@@nereisa It was sarcasm.