Hoya maxima

Hoya maxima is a large-leaved Sulawesi species described by Teijsmann and Binnendijk in 1863, with the one wild record from the volcanic hills of North Sulawesi at about 250 m. It comes from an ever-wet, even climate with almost no seasonal swing, so it wants steady warmth, high humidity and moisture year round.

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

An epiphytic vine of humid lowland and hill rainforest on volcanic soils, climbing trunks under a broken canopy where rain falls in every month.

The single record and climate site sit at 252 m in the Minahasa hills; the species may range higher, where nights would be a few degrees cooler.

SulawesiIndonesia

🔒 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.