10/02/2022

Wanted to grow this hibiscus for a long time. Bought a live plant through Amazon a few months back. It bloomed today.

08/02/2022

All the money you save and leave behind in the bank will not remember you. But there is a fair chance that the people whom you treat with love and respect, will remember you forever.

Hoya Australis

Every spring the Hoya Australis flowers bloom and fill the garden with fragrance. This bunch called umbels has 20-30 pentagonal shaped buds.The bloomed flowers look like stars and have a colourful centre. They attract a variety of butterflies and pollinators. The petals have a waxy texture. When they wilt they close back to the same pentagonal shape and then wither.

Hoya roots

I have two plants in the garden and one of them started wilting last rainy season. I thought the best way to save it was to trim and replant it.But then I thought why not try propagate in water! For three months I kept it in a place with low light to make sure it roots. Once the roots appeared I moved it to a place with indirect sunlight. This month, the leaves appeared. Moving it to soil is now a difficult task for it is a long drawn process. I fear if the roots have a soil shock I will kill the plant. So I plan to see how far I can grow it in indoors in water. Do you think it will flower?

The buds a day before blooming.

Here is an art that I made using the buds after they have withered. The long beans seeds form the necklace chain. You like it?