Hoya linearis
A pendant epiphyte of Himalayan evergreen mountain forest, hanging in curtains of soft, narrow, hairy leaves up to 1.5 m long from mossy branches at about 1500–2000 m. Unlike most hoyas in cultivation it comes from a cool, monsoonal montane climate with a dry, chilly winter and warm, very wet summers. It dislikes sustained heat and stagnant wet roots: grow it hanging, cool-to-intermediate, in bright filtered light and a humid but airy spot.
Where it grows wild
Flora of China describes it as growing in evergreen forests at 1500–2000 m, with hanging stems to 1.5 m and linear leaves 2.5–5 cm long and about 5 mm wide. It hangs from tree branches in the cool, humid forests of the Himalayan foothills, where oak and rhododendron forests carry heavy epiphyte loads.
Flora of China gives 1500–2000 m. The four wild records with an elevation lie at 1600–2000 m.
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