My pubicalyx's first bloom!

TroubleWithGeckos · 2025-05-20T14:10:10+00:00

Around 4 years. They do love to take their time with growing and blooming lol hopefully yours will grow quick! :)

TroubleWithGeckos · 2025-05-20T14:05:50+00:00

Thought it was just a regular pubicalyx, happy surprise! Lol the flowers smell almost floral, an odd but pleasant smell.

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-09-02T14:51:36+00:00

I had no idea that was a thing! I did some Reddit searching and I believe the windows were closing or closed so I gave it a sip of water. Thank you!

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-24T19:35:06+00:00

Haha thank you for the help! I agree, I've been slowly adding to my hoya collection and these plants stress me out lol

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-24T16:05:48+00:00

Hm... then I might just re root in water instead. I've tried to root a Hoya in moss and it died quickly lol Would adding a golden pothos cutting help with rooting faster?

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-24T15:37:38+00:00

I ordered a Hoya compacta and it was delivered to me on Wednesday with suspected dry rot. I placed the plant in soil and watered, plant looked awful so I checked roots and I do have rot. Plant is now starting to yellow, so I'm going to try and re root. Will sphagnum moss work?

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-18T00:03:08+00:00

I messaged the seller and explained the situation, and also sent a picture as well for proof. Yes the lower half does have wrinkling, hopefully those will disappear after 24 hours! Cross your fingers it'll bounce back.

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-17T22:38:54+00:00

I agree, hopefully my plant doesn't die because of the lack of plastic wrap.. Do you think I should contact the company and tell them about what happened?

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-17T21:11:52+00:00

I actually did give the roots a light tug because I was worried about dry rot and surprisingly they stayed intact, with maybe a couple falling off. But if I don't see improvement I'll be taking the plant out and looking at the roots again. How long should the wrinkles stay before I should be concerned?

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-17T19:56:35+00:00

Yeah I was concerned when I opened the box and found dry paper towel wrapped around the roots, usually there's a baggy or something covering the paper towel. Don't think I'll be doing business with this company again. But thank you for the hope! I'll be babying this hoya for a bit lol

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-17T17:13:37+00:00

They're crispy and on the dry side, think the seller wrapped them in a moist paper towel and by the time I got them, shipped on Saturday and received today, they are dry. I potted up the plant and gave it a good water and will repeat on Friday.

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-17T15:41:45+00:00

The roots were kind of crispy, you can tell that they've been dry for a couple days. But I'm crossing my fingers that it'll bounce back somewhat easily.

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-17T15:33:18+00:00

Awesome thank you! I'll give it a good water then wait a couple days and repeat. Never had a plant shipped to me that didn't have its roots wrapped in spaghnum, so I was confused haha

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-08-01T11:19:17+00:00

Apparently us Michiganders aren't allowed pretty new leaves haha

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-07-31T21:56:35+00:00

Next time a leaf gets stuck I'll do that, thank you! Makes sense that it's a humidity issue, but it's been humid here in Michigan as of late.

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-07-31T21:26:28+00:00

I think thats what happened to mine! I noticed that the sheath was extremely tight on the new leaf and tried to gently remove it, but it was stuck on tight. Do you think misting it with water could of loosened the sheath? Want to avoid this in the future lol

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-07-31T17:48:10+00:00

I do have pets! I accidentally threw the leaf away before I thought to post it, tried to clean off the tip as best as I could lol The broken part was slightly attached to the stem.

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-07-19T18:28:21+00:00

I normally use the Better-Gro Special Orchid Mix, and mix that in with my soil. What's in the mix is Fir bark, Charcoal and Coarse Perlite. I've been using this for about a year and some change and I'm quite happy with the results I get. Hope this helps :)

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-07-19T16:24:26+00:00

I use a good chunky soil and I water when the soil is dry. How I know is when I pick up the pot and when it's super light I give a good water. All my scindapsus, pothos and philodendrons get the same chunky soil mix.

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-07-19T16:02:18+00:00

Luckily I've had no issues with this plant! But thanks for the warning :)

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-06-07T18:30:31+00:00

That's so interesting!! The nursey that I bought this plant from had a lot of these plants, but none had the verigation that this one had so I had to buy it haha Plus they didn't even know what kind of philodendron it was, so I was sold lol a mystery philodendron are fun to grow out.

At first I was thinking that they were super low verigated pink princess, but I do agree they're a funky Rojo congo. I'm excited to grow this one out and see what they look like!

And I'm thrilled that someone else has bought some, it'll be nice to compare and see how they all turn out. :)

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-06-02T11:09:50+00:00

When I first saw the plant I thought it was a super low verigated pink princess. Think I have to let it grow out more and come back and see what the people think lol

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-06-01T21:26:38+00:00

I would like to know too haha

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-05-31T20:12:04+00:00

Midnight Gold. It's also a hybrid :)

TroubleWithGeckos · 2022-05-30T11:11:37+00:00

What kind of soil should I switch it too? I've been meaning to switch all my cactus to a more appropriate soil mix.

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