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Okay, I know this has happened to everybody at one time or another, but I don't think it's fair that it happened to me :-)...my h. bicolor (bought from Joni a few months ago) was budding up beautifully; then, thanks to the one of the coolest summers on record in the stupid northeast, we hit a patch of nights in the mid-fifties and every one of those beautiful fat buds blasted...they were very interesting buds too...they started out tiny and pink, swelled up a dark lead-grey, then turned a really deep khaki green--the same color as those little plastic World War II army men we used to play with when we were kids (if you're as old as I am)--and actually looked more like stapelia or huernia buds than hoya buds...
I'm beginning to honestly think that unless you live in the subtropical south, or own a greenhouse, chances of flowering most hoyas are pretty slim...grrrrr...I'm already thinking about the logistics of moving everything in for the winter, and that's a huge adjustment for the plants and I'll likely lose any buds/peduncles that formed over the summer; I can also expect some die-back on new growth...
Oh well, thanks for letting me vent...I'll get over it...eventually...
Shelley
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