Hoya capotoanensis

Hoya capotoanensis is a 2015 Kloppenburg species named for Capotoan on Samar, an island in the eastern Philippines with wet forest and no real dry season. It is scarcely known outside the original description; grow it as a warm, humid, evenly watered Philippine hoya.

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

Presumed an epiphytic climber in the humid lowland to hill forest of Samar; no elevation is published in the databases.

No wild record carries an elevation. The published description gives a Philippine locality only; treat it as a lowland to lower-montane forest plant unless a collection says otherwise.

PhilippinesSamar

🔒 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.