Hindu Rope Plant Cuttings

Hung in hanging containers or trained to grow up a trellis rope hoyas are easy to propagate when cuttings are taken from a healthy adult plant.

Hindu rope plant cuttings.

Once they take root potted hoya cuttings thrive in indirect sunlight. Provide overhead watering to hindu rope plant cuttings so the soil is moist but not soggy. Take a cutting just below a node of 3 to 4 inches and remove the lower sets of leaves. Unique hindu rope plants hoya carnosa compacta are draping succulent learn the definition of a succulent plant and why they are called a fat plant vines that produce clusters of star shaped waxy flowers.

Wax flower wax plant indian rope angel rope hindu rope porcelain flower honey plant and my personal favorite so far anyway krinkle kurl just to name a few. Like many other types of hoyas this species is epiphytic in its natural habitat which means it s actually an air plant and its thick crinkly leaves are succulent. Hindu rope plants hoya carnosa krinkle kurl earned their common name with their 12 to 15 inch long stems which have a pendulous habit like a length of rope. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 9a through 11.

I like to root 3 cuttings together so that i will get a fuller plant later and in that case usually use a 4 pot. Do not mist unless the relative humidity falls below 75 percent. The rope hoya also known as a hindu rope plant is a popular hanging house plant. There are up to 300 different species of hoyas.

Usually grown as houseplants they will also survive outdoors in u s. The hindu rope plant is native to southern india. When the roots of the cuttings grow to. Dip the bare stem into rooting hormone and insert into a small pot of moist growing medium and keep in a warm and protected position for several weeks.

The thick twisted curly cupped leaves of a hindu rope plant are why it s often called krinkle kurl. Introduction to the hindu rope plant. I like to leave the cutting with at least two sets of leaves above the stripped nodes. They are native to east asia and australia.

It is referred to by many other names depending on which variety you are referring to.