Hoya matavanuensis

Hoya matavanuensis was described by Kloppenburg in 2011 and is named for Mount Matavanu, the volcano on Savai'i, Samoa, whose 1905 to 1911 eruption left the lava fields that forest is still reclaiming. It is a highland epiphyte or lithophyte of cool, humid, even conditions: give it filtered light, nights in the high teens and humidity of 70 to 90 percent. Little has been published beyond the description, so confidence is low.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Presumably an epiphyte or lithophyte in the montane rainforest and regenerating lava-field vegetation around Mount Matavanu, rooting on mossy trunks and porous volcanic rock in humid, breezy air.

Not recorded; Mount Matavanu rises to about 400 m and the surrounding highlands to over 1,000 m; the climate site is at about 740 m.

SamoaSavai'i

🔒 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.