Hoya Retuza: description and photo, as well as instructions for reproduction in different ways and proper care for this flower

Hoya Retusa is a rare, unusual and beautiful flower. This is an ampelous plant with thin shoots of green with crimson spots that turn gray with age.

Caring for the exotic is simple, but in order for an indoor plant to become a joy for the eyes and soul at any time, you need to find out in more detail the conditions for plant breeding, the rules of watering. We will talk about this later, as well as about the methods of propagation of this plant.

Botanical Description

The homeland of the compressed hoya plant is India and Indonesia. Due to its long and thin leaves and unusual flowers with a pink or purple middle, similar to wax, the hoya has an original and unusual appearance. The diameter of the flowers is about one and a half centimeters, formed in the form of umbrellas.

On a note. Flowering occurs in autumn and spring. At the same time, a light and delicate aroma of lemon comes from it. Hoya continues to bloom for approximately 18 days.

Photo

Below you can see a photo of this flower.

Seed cultivation

The seeds are small in size and similar to the seeds of a common dandelion. Can be sown at different times of the year. Seeds must be no older than one year after harvest.

Reference. Various seeds are suitable for sowing seeds. For example, pieces of moss wrapped in nylon mesh. Sprouted seeds can be transplanted into pots with moss, so root damage can be avoided.

After about three months, good seedlings can be transplanted into separate pots. Usually about 80% of plants can be obtained from good seeds.

Propagation by cuttings

Rooting of cuttings occurs productively if favorable conditions are created, namely increased humidity and the required temperature. This method is the most common. Use various methods for rooting cuttings:

With the help of water.
1. To do this, remove the leaves from the nodes on the handle, treat it with the hormone for the roots and place in water.
2. The selected container must be placed in a warm place (about 22 degrees), to maintain high humidity (you can cover it with a plastic wrap or bag, a greenhouse effect is formed as in greenhouses).
3. It is necessary to transplant the appeared roots into pots before they grow long, because the cuttings become fragile and can break off. The roots will be noticeable in two weeks.
Using a solid substrate (a porous mixture of soils, perlite, vermiculite, moss), the cuttings are treated with a special powder, and then planted. The necessary humidity should be maintained, but also moisture evaporation should be prevented.
Using peat tablets: for this, the tablet needs to be moistened, the dried stalk is placed in a small hole of the tablet. After 2 weeks, when the roots appear, you can plant them with the tablet in a pot.

How to propagate using a leaf?

This method is difficult and may not always be productive and positive.

Before planting, the leaf must be treated with a growth stimulator (kinetin, adenine sulfate).
In order to grow a full-fledged plant from a leaf, he must have a piece of the cuttings because there is a growth point in it.
The leaf must be planted in a cramped pot, not forgetting to fertilize, as well as create good environmental conditions.

Plant care

Temperature. The optimum temperature for the plant is 13 degrees and above. With sharp fluctuations, as well as temperatures below 5 degrees, the flower may die. The flower can be grown on the windowsill, in hanging baskets and greenhouses, with sufficient influx of bright, not direct sunlight.
Watering. Watering should be regular. If the amount of moisture is large, the plant may die, so the soil should dry out a bit before the next watering. In winter, watering should be done less often.
The soil. Neutral or slightly acidic soil is best. When growing at home, you can add the following elements to the soil: sheet earth, sand, charcoal.
Top dressing. To feed plants using complex fertilizers soluble in water.Note! The flower needs to be fed at every fourth watering during the period of growth and development.

The following is an informative video on how to care for Retuz's ampoule hoya:

Conclusion

In order to avoid problems with this flower, you should better know its features and learn how to take good care of it. In order to avoid falling buds, do not touch the plant during their flowering. The next year, beautiful buds will bloom again on the inflorescences that have bloomed.

Also, the plant does not tolerate frequent transplantation and spraying during flowering. If you follow these simple requirements, then Hoya will delight for many years.