Excellent job pointing out the different quality of clones. It's something many don't consider when selling/buying cuttings.

@BasiePlants

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I agree. I had more luck with cuttings from collectors. Yes, they do cost a bit more, but they also grow better and they are stronger plants. I believe it also took a lot of money and trials and errors for collectors to find a good cutting because there are so many in circulation. I will definitely try to get another H. imperialis and I hope it will be a better clone.

Hope your luck turns around! It might just need some time to settle. :) Great video!

@BasiePlants

4 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure it will stay like this :D I firmly believe it's the clone. The gunung gading I received from the same person died in shipping (5 days) and gunung gading cutting I received from Sweden didn't drop a leaf and it spent 2 weeks in the box.

aww the shorter hair days!

Hi Miro, how do we know which Hoya is terrestrial. Is there any website we can look up to?

So now having the same problem after watching both you and Doug, but discovered my problem was the seller had to put the cutting into a coco peat with small amounts of perlite and bark. So the stem underneath the soil was going in a direction of mush. It had shot out a new leaf but the lower two cuttings dropped off. So I think its a good cutting just not the right mix. I stuck it in my terrarium chamber to help it root up some more and all my Hoyas love it for rooting. After that I will put it in the mix of better drainage. I just did the same with my Archboldiana and Meredithii changed the soil mix. I think sellers stick larger heavier leaves into coco peat to keep the plant down in weight but ends up creating root rot.

@BasiePlants

3 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, mine is doing really well in semi-hydro! It finally took off! I did break the growth point few days ago because I am an idiot 🙃 But other than that, doing great!

@frasercook5823

3 жыл бұрын

@@BasiePlants Mine is perishing. Found a non ebay seller who has different flower colours for sale. Silver linings

@BasiePlants

3 жыл бұрын

@@frasercook5823 Oh no! I am sorry to hear that. When I re-rooted mine, it was a super tiny cutting, with 2 very small leaves and a growing tip. So maybe there is still hope! I am glad you found another one though!

@frasercook5823

3 жыл бұрын

@@BasiePlants 95% success rate with Hoyas so not bad. I don't know about you but I think I prefer rooting them myself now.

I enjoy when you share the good and bad ones. I have really enjoyed this series. I wish you had 50 more. Do you??

@BasiePlants

4 жыл бұрын

This one is the worst one! 😅I am glad to hear you enjoyed it. I do have some more, I recently bought new cuttings :) I will make sure to make a video about those, they are almost ready to be potted up! And there will be more Hoya videos and possibly a different Hoya series. :)

I also have a Hoya imperialis and it’s the worst one I own. It has tried dying on me before but it comes back. It has been a tough plant for me.

@BasiePlants

3 жыл бұрын

I hope it comes back for you!

Great video... actually I truly enjoy your entire video series. Quick question... do you know if the different Imperialis have different leaf types?

@BasiePlants

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you are enjoying it :) I only have one imperialis so I can't compare it to anything really. I think the leaves should be similar, and I would definitely wait for the flower to ID it.

@charlieramos4714

3 жыл бұрын

Thank You!!!

I am also the proud owner of a magnificent Hoya imperialis (palawan) and... there's basically only 4 leaves on it, grouped in 2 pairs, and separated by like a meter of internode... -_- It looks so silly.

I hope it recover soon !

@BasiePlants

4 жыл бұрын

We shall see! I am not too hopeful about this one. If it's a bad clone, it can't be helped. But I will try to get a different one for sure.

Oh no!!! It's almost over :(

@BasiePlants

4 жыл бұрын

The cutting? Haha, it has been worse. I won't be terribly sad if I lose it, but it would be ideal if it would recover. I am on the look out for a new H. imperialis though.

If shipping isn’t a B, I’d love to give you some cuttings of my H. Imperialis. Sub from 🇵🇭

@BasiePlants

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) that is very generous. My imperialis actually almost died and I saved a tiny cutting - 2 baby leaves and a piece of stem. It rooted and I put it into leca. It now has 5-6 nodes and some big leaves!

@anythingunderthesun4301

3 жыл бұрын

@@BasiePlants that’s good to know! Looking forward to new videos :)

She is frozen in time 🙄 Worse shipping ever. We know better now ❤️

@BasiePlants

4 жыл бұрын

She is slower than a snail 👀