Hoya megalantha

Hoya megalantha Turrill (1915) is a Fijian rainforest epiphyte known for its unusually large flowers; the single wild record sits on Taveuni, one of the wettest islands in Fiji, at about 800 m. Grow it as a warm, evenly humid cloud-margin epiphyte with bright filtered light and no dry rest. The measured climate is a marine grid cell adjusted to 800 m, so the day-night swing shown is smaller than a forest slope really gives.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic climber in wet Fijian rainforest, from the type description and the Taveuni record; the island's windward slopes are in cloud for much of the year.

The one record carries about 800 m; Fijian hoyas of this kind range from lowland forest to the cloud zone, so treat 200 to 900 m as plausible.

FijiTaveuni

🔒 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.