It just looks like normal growth to me. I don’t have a khroniana black so I can’t be certain for sure though. Honestly if it were me, I’d just let it do it’s thing and intervene if the plant’s health starts to decline. You could spray it with a fungicidal spray if you’re really worried.

The mold on the pon is harmless to plants, I get it on some of mine since it’s so humid. I had to really increase the drainage on my soil (equal parts perlite, potting soil, and orchid bark), and the bonsai mix I use for my semi hydro develops the mold if I fill the reservoire up too high.

I’m so here for it! r/hoyas is probably the reddit community I miss the most lol.

Beautiful compacta! Mine’s working on a peduncle so hopefully I’ll have some flowers to post soon :)

I don’t recognize it or the guy in it, that’s why I didn’t think it was New Girl. It’s probably from something I haven’t seen.

I don’t think it’s from New Girl… Do you remember which episode?

I lost mine to thrips last summer, it was my first plant and I had it for 3 years 😢 i miss it

Yeah the console is one thing but the Switch 1 game price was my absolute cap. I can’t justify shelling out that much money per game. I will definitely be making a steam deck my next console instead.

Hoya hoarder checking in! I’ve got 29 different types so far, all in a semi hydro setup (had some fungus gnat issues in the past).

Glad there’s others on Lemmy, I’ve been missing r/hoyas ever since I left reddit almost 2 years ago.

Ok thanks! I checked out the desktop app and it’s pretty awesome. I may just get the android app. One more question and then I’ll leave you alone, do you know if the android app can chrome cast?

Am I missing something or is Miru $13.99 for the Android app? Just want to make sure I’m looking at the right thing before I buy it. Also really surprised something like this is on Google Play.

I was using Aniyomi but I think ot’s almpst at the end without extension updates…

Not to mention they take so long to actually open up so you could chop off the peduncle before it blooms. It’s weeks between peduncle formation and blooming :P

I live in Canada, the province I’m in is more on the humid side but nothing crazy. The humidity in my house is usually around 45-50%. My one ping was around a heat pump and has been doing fine, no issues with the bottled water yet 🤷‍♀️

The top one, the sundew! The ones I have aren’t too bad honestly, I only have 4. Pinguiculas are the 3 I started with and the main thing to remember is they need low/no-mineral water (I honestly have just been using bottled since I had a case handy). They need neutral soil (plain sphagnum moss has been my go-to), and as long as they’re kept relatively damp since they’re naturally found in a swamp you’re good to go!

They’ve been easy to take care of and I definitely appreciate them picking up the stray fungus gnats. If you’re interested, definitely read up on them but they’re honestly super easy to look after and have been a great starter carnivorous for me. I’ve heard sundews are even easier so I’ll see how that goes!

Right?? I actually had one before that was getting pretty large but had to toss it because it became infested with thrips, so I thought I’d try again 🤞

I found a pic of a succulent or something that hadn’t been opened yet on the internet. The taller plants are longer packages to accomodate the vines and folliage but this is essentially it (looks like this is actually one of theirs):

I can try! So they were wrapped in brown packing paper, kind of coned around it. the inner paper was reinforced under the pot with tape, all soil and sphagnum moss arrives dry by the time it gets to my place (unsure if they water before packing it or not). Most succulents arrive with tissue (like kleenex) on the soil and tucked under the leaves and then taped down on the corners of the pot. The pinguiculas had tissue completely over top to prevent damage to their delicate leaves. the brown wrapping paper is folded down so it all sits kind of scooped (kinda like how bouquets are wrapped some times). Some of the more fragile hoyas and succulents also had that like plastic stuffing that you’d find in a pillow or stuffed animal over top of it for padding. All the larger hoyas came with the wire trellises which, aside from being for the plant, helps prevent squishing.

All the packages were tucked in basically feet to head with each other. and then the empty space had more brown wrapping paper loosely in it to prevent any movement.

Crystal Star Nursery, it’s my 4th time ordering from them. It’s hard to find hoyas where I’m at and even just in Canada in general and they’ve got a really great selection. I highly recommend them if you’re in Canada.

The plants are always healthy and mostly pest free aside from the occasional fungus gnat. The gnats aren’t a big issue for me anymore though since almost anything that isn’t a succulent or cactus gets potted into semi-hydro.

**I should mention that I bring up pests because the nursery that’s near me is notorious for all kinds of bugs so it’s nice when I find one with healthy plants haha.

Not too big honestly, maybe 9"x18"? I recently lost a bunch of plants to thrips so I had the space and some birthday cash :P

Whoops! How silly of me, here you go:

They’re so pretty! The Cuprea is a stunner 😍

I enjoyed it but I wish I didn’t pay full price. The game is very linear and I think I beat it in about 6 hours. Also not a lot of replay value in my opinion.