Hoya Retuza - an interesting ampelous variety of a flower
Your tall windows face south and you do you prefer flowering ampelous plants? Then Hoya Retusa can surprise and delight with lush forms and gentle long flowering. What is so special in this flower that those who want to acquire it with everyone more and more year?
Description and characteristic differences of the variety
From the rest of the Hoi, Retusa can be distinguished by barely looking at her. Moreover, the original foliage makes this beauty completely different from their relatives. First of all - the shape of the leaves that grow in bunches on long lashes-branches. Very thin and long, they look more like flattened overgrown needles. The length of the sheet plate is 6 cm with a width of only 0.5 mm. Under natural conditions, the length of the lashes themselves at the bush can reach 12 m. As a room culture, Retuza has a more modest size - "only" 3.5 m. The lashes hang from the pot until they hit something. Then they begin to climb the support or up their own liana.
Retuza - ampelous hoya, which is grown in hanging planters.
The color of the foliage is no less beautiful. In young age the needles are light green, and if you look closely, you can see rare brownish specks. In old bushes, the deciduous cap gradually becomes gray.
Hoya blooms most often with single white flowers with a dark pink, almost red, crown. They are small, up to 1.5 cm in diameter and from a distance seem waxy. The inflorescences are, as it were, hidden inside the bundles leaves, giving the bush a mysterious, but charming, look. Sometimes tied in 3 buds.
With good care, Retusa will bloom twice a year, in spring and autumn. The flowering itself lasts almost 3 weeks. In the evening, a delicate, subtle, lemon aroma emanates from the inflorescences.
Hoya Retuza - cultivation features
In general, the plant has a calm and not capricious character. The only thing is that when grafting hoya, it adapts for a long time. Cuttings can stand up to 6 months without growth. But, firmly rooted, they begin build up lashes with bunches of needle leaves.
Hoya will grow under artificial lighting, but very reluctantly and slowly. Therefore, natural light for Retusa is a prerequisite for good growth and flowering.
Caring for ampelous hoya is simple and consists of just a few procedures:
- Water the bush no earlier than the top layer of soil in the pot dries out (if wintering is cool, watering should be done less often).
- Can be sprayed in summer, but not during flowering.
- In the spring-summer period, once a month, feed with a mineral complex.
An unusual liana prefers warmth. Keep a pot of Hoyei should be in a room where the temperature does not drop below 15 ° C in winter. If you follow these recommendations, you can grow a gorgeous bush with long lush whips.