Hoya oleoides

Hoya oleoides is one of Rudolf Schlechter's 1913 New Guinea species, named for its olive-like leaves, and is virtually unknown in cultivation. Grow it as a warm, wet New Guinea rainforest epiphyte: bright filtered light, humid moving air and a chunky mix that dries between waterings.

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 vine of humid rainforest in New Guinea. Schlechter collected mainly in the hill forests of the Sepik and Finisterre regions of former German New Guinea at a few hundred to about 1,000 m, so a warm hill-forest epiphyte on trunks and branches is the best working assumption.

No elevation recorded. Likely lowland to hill forest, roughly 100 to 1,000 m; the measured climate point sits at 171 m.

New GuineaPapua New Guinea

🔒 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.