Hoya lambii

Hoya lambii was described by Ted Green in 2000 in Fraterna and is named for Anthony Lamb, the Sabah horticulturist, so it is a Sabah plant from northern Borneo. It is a large-leaved climber with thick leathery leaves, in cultivation regarded as a warm-to-intermediate grower that dislikes both stagnant air and cold wet roots. GBIF holds only cultivated vouchers; the measured climate is a Bornean interior site at 432 m and describes an even, very humid, ever-wet year.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic climber in humid Bornean forest, presumed on trunks and in the lower canopy of hill forest in Sabah; the protologue was not reachable, so the elevation band is uncertain. Cultivated plants tolerate intermediate temperatures, hinting at hill rather than coastal forest.

BorneoSabah

🔒 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.