Hoya ofuensis
Hoya ofuensis is a Kloppenburg species named for Ofu island in the Manu'a group of American Samoa, and is known from little more than its description. It was described by Dale Kloppenburg, who named a number of Samoan Hoya from island collections. Treat it as a warm, humid, seasonless island epiphyte: bright filtered light, steady warmth above 18 C and a chunky mix that dries between waterings.
Where it grows wild
Epiphytic vine in the humid, warm forests of the Manu'a islands of American Samoa, a group of small volcanic islands where forest runs from the coast to low ridge tops. Nothing specific is published on its microhabitat beyond the original description; Samoan Hoya grow on trunks and branches in dappled to bright forest light.
No elevation on record; Ofu island rises to only a few hundred metres, so the plant lives in warm lowland to low-hill forest. The measured climate point sits at 738 m on Upolu and runs a few degrees cool.
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