Hoya excavata
Hoya excavata is a climbing Hoya from Sulawesi and the Moluccas, with some sources adding Peninsular Malaysia. It has red to pink flowers. It comes from the everwet lowland tropics, so it wants warmth, humidity and bright filtered light all year.
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 periodClimber
Where it grows wild
An epiphytic or climbing vine in wet tropical forest.
Probably lowland to hill forest. No elevations are recorded.
SulawesiMaluku
🔒 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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