Hoya lanceolata

A small-leaved, trailing epiphytic Hoya of the eastern Himalaya and northeast India to Myanmar and south China, with pendent umbels of white, purple-centred fragrant flowers. It grows in evergreen hill forest at roughly 300–1800 m, so it likes intermediate temperatures with cool nights. The popular Hoya bella is treated either as its subspecies (subsp. bella) or as a separate species.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Herbarium and field records come from forest in Sikkim, Darjeeling, Nepal, Bhutan, Kumaon, the Khasi Hills, Bangladesh and Kachin State, one from primary Fagaceae-dominated forest. It grows on tree branches as a pendent, much-branched epiphyte with thin stems and narrow, slightly fleshy leaves.

Labelled elevations run from about 300 m (Bhutan foothills) to 1770 m, with most records at 1100–1500 m.

NepalIndia: Sikkim, Darjeeling, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal PradeshBhutanBangladeshMyanmarChina: south-centralVietnam

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.