In Grower's Terms

Peduncle: The Stalk Left Behind
Episode one of In Grower's Terms is live, and I started with a word every hoya grower already knows by feel, even if they've never said it out loud.Peduncle. The stalk your hoya blooms from. The thing you're not supposed to cut, because a hoya will bloom from the same peduncle again and again. Twelve minutes on what the word actually means, where it comes from, and why your plant keeps its old flower stalks around like trophies.Listen on Spotify now. Apple Podcasts as soon as Apple gets around to... Read more...
The Hoya Stalk You Should Think Twice Before Cutting
That bare stalk left behind after a Hoya blooms may look finished, but it could flower again. In the first episode of In Grower’s Terms, Phil follows the peduncle from... Read more...