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Hoya benchaii

Hoya benchaii was described in 2014 in Sandakania, the journal of the Sabah forestry herbarium, so it is a northern Bornean species. Little cultivation information is published; treat it as a warm, very humid, evenly watered Bornean epiphytic hoya.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Presumed an epiphytic vine in humid lowland to hill forest of Sabah, on trunks and branches in bright filtered light.

Modelled at about 430 m; the type elevation is not available to us.

Borneo

🔒 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.