Hoya cutis-porcelana

A Philippine hoya described in 2013 from Samar and Biliran, named for the porcelain-like sheen of its flowers. Almost nothing about its wild habitat has been published; it comes from the wet eastern Visayas, where rain falls all year, so treat it as a warm, humid, lowland epiphytic hoya.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Not described in the sources found. Samar and Biliran are wet, rugged islands with lowland and hill rainforest; like most Philippine hoyas it presumably climbs trees as an epiphyte in forest.

No elevation is recorded; Samar and Biliran forests run from near sea level to several hundred metres.

Samar (Philippines)Biliran (Philippines)

🔒 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.