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Hoya mitrata

An ant-plant Hoya from the wet lowlands of southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. It climbs over trees and rocks and bears two kinds of leaves, one of which forms hollow domatia that house ants. In cultivation it grows without ants but wants warmth, high humidity, bright filtered light and a fast-draining, airy root run.

Hoya mitrata
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

A climbing epiphyte or lithophyte of wet tropical forest. It is a myrmecophyte: some leaves form myrmecodomatia sheltering ants, whose debris feeds the roots.

No elevation data were available. Its range and habitat point mainly to lowland and hill forest, probably below about 1,000 m.

Southern ThailandPeninsular MalaysiaSumatraBorneoPhilippines (Luzon, Panay)

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.