What plants do you grow besides orchids?

[Leafmite]

I have a hoya (rubra?) that never blooms. Now it is completely neglected. Somehow, it survives.
I had a large aloe with offspring and due to space issues, I now have a couple of tiny offspring.

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

I have a hoya (rubra?) that never blooms. Now it is completely neglected. Somehow, it survives.
I had a large aloe with offspring and due to space issues, I now have a couple of tiny offspring.

Try adding a little bone meal to your hoya. I mixed some in with all my succulents the last time I repotted and within a few weeks there was a marked increase in growth and blooms.

[Leafmite]

Do I add it at any time of the year? I would like to see this bloom someday. Everyone tells me how easy it is to get them to bloom and I'm stuck enjoying the leaves. Thanks for the tip!

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

Do I add it at any time of the year? I would like to see this bloom someday. Everyone tells me how easy it is to get them to bloom and I'm stuck enjoying the leaves. Thanks for the tip!

I don't really know. I found an article about adding bone meal while I was looking for a recipe for succulent potting mixes. I used 4 cups sand, and 2 cups good quality potting soil that a local nursery bags up. To this mixture I threw in 1 large handfull of peat and 1 large handfull of bone meal. My succulents are grown outdoors, some receive a.m. Eastern exposure and some receive W/NW exposure during late afternoon. My succulents are grown outdoors and with this mixture, during Summer, I thoroughly water about every 3 days.

[Wynn Dee13]

Leafmite- My Mother grows quite a few of these and the really big one she has didn't bloom at all tell it got really big and tell it got better light. I think they need a lot of light. The smaller variety blooms quite small though. I don't know their names but there are a lot of kinds of Hoyas out there! I have a piece of her big one but it is too small to bloom. It grows well though. I hope you get blooms soon!

[lepetitmartien]

Fragrant pelargoniums, Ficus benjamina, different cyperus, some tropical ferns, philodendron, begonias…

[nenella]

Originally Posted by Junebug

Thank you. To give you an idea about their rate of growth... My mango was about 3' tall when I bought it 4 years ago. It's about 8' tall now and it's growing in my front yard. Last year it set fruit but the fruit aborted when they were still small. This year the tree had tons of blooms but a brief cold front destroyed all but a few of them. My big harvest was limited to one large delicious mango.

"My big harvest was limited to one large delicious mango. " Congratulations that's Ace!

[stefpix]

from seed:

Ficus benghalensis
Ficus religiosa
Ficus cotinifolia
Ficus crocata
Ficus obtusifolia
Ficus rubiginosa
Kumquat
Red Mangrove

Mango (polyembrionic)
Started some Plumeria from seed, Annatto (Bixia)
Opuntia ficus indica

Habanero peppers from Yucatan and Jamaica

then I have not from seed
Ficus virens, Ficus palmeri, Ficus carica
Coffea arabica, Epiphyllum oxipetalum
Pinguiculas, Dorosera
Platycerum veitchii
Monstera deliciosa
Opuntia humifusa
etc

[MACH5]

I grow bonsai. Mostly have a decent collection of Japanese Maples of all shapes and sizes.

I also grow coral. I have a reef tank and it allows me to do "under water" gardening

And just recently I got bit by the orchid bug! I like to grow beautiful things!

[Leafmite]

I might try a bonsi growing with an allspice cutting. I will definitely be a newbie with that. : )
Thankyou, everyone, for hoya advice. One of these days....