Hoya burmanica

Hoya burmanica is a small-leaved, cool-growing hoya described by Rolfe in 1920 from the hills of Myanmar, with a range from Assam and Bangladesh through Myanmar to Thailand and Vietnam. The measured site is at 1,760 m in the Chin Hills with a cold, dry winter and a warm wet summer, so unlike most hoyas it wants a cool, bright, dry winter rest and dislikes a hot stuffy room.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of montane and hill evergreen forest, growing on mossy trunks and branches in bright filtered light. The regional climate has a dry cool winter, but a forest epiphyte at this altitude sits in mist and dew that the regional humidity figures do not capture.

The single wild record sits at about 1,760 m in the Chin Hills; the species is generally a plant of roughly 1,000 to 2,000 m.

AssamBangladeshMyanmarThailandVietnam

🔒 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.