What other plants do you have in your collection?

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

Okay, you enablers. Now I want a hoya. How big are they? What are their culture requirements? I'm in snowy New England.
And Bob, you have hibiscus? In Pennsylvania?
I do have a remarkably overgrown "lucky bamboo" (really a Dracena) that has done so well because I water it with the water that I drain out from under my orchids; a huge and very old jade plant, a 40+ year old mini-orange tree (oranges are mini, not the tree), and a motley collection of ivies.

Yep. I have hibiscus. But I keep most inside I the ones I have are bred to be compact. That's why they fit. I do have this perennial hibiscus too. It's not a rose of Sharon though

I ALS have an iris domestica ( leopard lily ) that's beautiful

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

Okay, you enablers. Now I want a hoya. How big are they? What are their culture requirements? I'm in snowy New England.
And Bob, you have hibiscus? In Pennsylvania?
I do have a remarkably overgrown "lucky bamboo" (really a Dracena) that has done so well because I water it with the water that I drain out from under my orchids; a huge and very old jade plant, a 40+ year old mini-orange tree (oranges are mini, not the tree), and a motley collection of ivies.

Connie, my hoya is in a 6" pot I think - tho you can certainly get smaller ones. Lots of light and water in spring and summer. Drier in winter, tho if indoors I don't know how dry they would care to be in winter. Mine survived being outside overnight down to about freezing, probably because it was dry. It did definitely look the worse for it tho.
There is quite a bit of info on the web regarding hoyas and their care.

They are climbers/trailers, and bloom from the trailing/climbing growth, so you need to keep that in mind space-wise.

They are supposedly easy to propagate from cuttings. I haven't tried that yet tho ...

[Daethen]

They root VERY easily from cuttings. I am trying to beef up ours by adding its own cuttings to the pot and so far so good. Also, anyone that would like to send me cuttings...........LOL

[Eyebabe]

ROSES!

[Tindomul]

Love those Hoyas, I have one and have not gotten it to bloom, and I also have a Dischidia, closely related. In fact I have to say I tend to collect plant families. In the Asclepiad family (Apocynaceae) I have Mandevilla, Hoya, Dischidia, Stapelia, Caralluma, and Mondia.
I have tons of Aroids (see this link
Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web !)
and I am also getting into Ericaceae with tropical Rhododendrons called Vireyas and Agapetes, Macleania.
Oh and I have a small collection of plants in the mint family, mostly Salvias.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Tindomul

Love those Hoyas, I have one and have not gotten it to bloom, and I also have a Dischidia, closely related. In fact I have to say I tend to collect plant families. In the Asclepiad family (Apocynaceae) I have Mandevilla, Hoya, Dischidia, Stapelia, Caralluma, and Mondia.
I have tons of Aroids (see this link
Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web !)
and I am also getting into Ericaceae with tropical Rhododendrons called Vireyas and Agapetes, Macleania.
Oh and I have a small collection of plants in the mint family, mostly Salvias.

Um, WHERE do you keep all of this, and the orchids??? You must live in a very very large house, or have one heck of a greenhouse!

[Tindomul]

No, most my plants are small. So I can cram them into various terrariums and on widnow sills and such.I do keep a few in my office.

[fotofashion]

I collect Platyceriums (staghorn ferns). Nice ones can cost a pretty penny. Of course the ubiquitious bifurcatum can be had quite cheaply.
I have other ferns, too. Kangaroo paw, several types of asparagus fern, a Bear Claw, a macho, and several others.
Second to my orchid collection is my ripsalis. I have around 50 unique plants. Many are either blooming or budding.
I also have epiphylums but the hybrid orchid cactus types do not do so good for me meanwhile the species do OK.
I am in the process of finding new homes for my Hoyas.
Desert cactus. I must have around 40 or so plants.
And that is just the stuff that has to go into the GH for the winter.
Outside, hardy plants include practically anything from the Amaryllis family, spuria iris, certain daffodils, well you get the idea. I'm a plant addict.
Beverly A.

[florafan]

I have about half a dozen amaryllis, a clivia, a Schlumbergera truncate that my coworkers gave me about 10 years ago, and a jade plant that I bought 18 years ago. I just got started with orchids and I have 3 cymbidiums and one of the cattleya alliance. I don't have much room inside the house and I summer all the houseplants outside. In the front yard I have a dwarf lilac, a bush of David Austen rose, a couple of peonies, a hosta and some lavender. In the backyard I have raised beds that I grow vegetables. since I intend to increase the number of orchids I want to keep, I have to figure out where I can keep them!

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by Daethen

They root VERY easily from cuttings. I am trying to beef up ours by adding its own cuttings to the pot and so far so good. Also, anyone that would like to send me cuttings...........LOL

I only have the one hoya - labled 'Krimson Queen' - which I guess is a Carnosa - I would be happy to share cuttings if you don't have this ...