Hoya acicularis

A Bornean hoya grown for its slender, needle-like leaves up to about 10 cm long, described in 2002 from a plant cultivated in Hawaii. In the wild it is a climbing epiphyte or lithophyte. Little is published on its habitat, so care is based on the warm, very wet lowland climate at the few Bornean records.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A climbing epiphyte or lithophyte. The consulted sources give no further detail on its microhabitat.

No elevation data are published. The Sarawak observations near Kuching and around Miri and Brunei Bay are in lowland areas below a few hundred metres.

Borneo: SabahBorneo: BruneiBorneo: Sarawak (GBIF observations)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.