Hoya bhutanica

An endangered epiphytic climbing hoya known only from Bhutan, with fleshy, elliptic leaves up to 15 cm long and flowers about 2 cm across with white lobes and a purple centre. It is related to Hoya parasitica (now included in H. verticillata) and grows as a vigorous glabrous creeper with stems up to 5 m. Very little has been published about its wild conditions, so the care advice here is inferred from the low foothill forest where it was collected.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trees in dense, wet forest, climbing and scrambling through the canopy on slender stems up to 5 m long. The type was collected in the foothills near the Indian border at Gelephu.

The holotype was collected at 450 m in the southern foothills. There is too little data to give a full elevation range.

Southern Bhutan (Gelephu area, bordering Assam, India)

🔒 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.