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Hoya latifolia

Hoya latifolia is a large-leaved climbing Hoya of hot, wet lowland forest from southern Myanmar and Thailand through Malaya to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. It wants warm, humid conditions all year, bright filtered light and a free-draining, chunky mix.

Hoya latifolia
Photo: Andy king50, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

A climbing epiphyte of lowland tropical forest. The inference comes from the genus and the record sites, most of which are below 300 m.

The climate sites are at 8-281 m. Few records carry an elevation.

BorneoJawaMalayaMyanmarSumateraThailand

🔒 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.