Hoya elmeri

Hoya elmeri was described by Merrill in 1929 and is recorded from Sabah in Borneo and from Luzon in the Philippines, with wild records from eastern Sabah and the Kalimantan interior at sea level to about 870 m. It is a hot, wet, everwet lowland hoya that is occasionally grown by collectors and wants warmth and steady moisture all year.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphytic vine of lowland and hill dipterocarp rainforest, on trunks and branches under a broken canopy, in forest with rain in every month and no dry season.

Records lie at about 6, 76 and 870 m; it is a lowland to hill-forest plant, not a montane one.

SabahBorneoKalimantanLuzonPhilippinesMalaysiaIndonesia

🔒 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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