Hoya serpens

A small, slow-growing trailing Hoya from the eastern Himalaya, with round hairy leaves 1.5–2 cm long and fuzzy pale green flowers. It grows in montane forest at about 1450–1700 m, where winters are cool and dry and summers are mild and monsoon-wet. It wants cooler conditions than most hoyas, and a cool, drier winter helps it flower.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A small creeping and trailing epiphyte of montane broadleaf forest. One Bhutan collection is from laurel forest above Kamji. It grows on mossy trunks and branches, where it gets broken light and mist in the monsoon.

Collections with an elevation are at about 1450–1700 m (Dolakha, Nepal, 1700 m; Chhukha, Bhutan, 1670 m). This is cool, lower-montane forest.

NepalSikkim and Darjeeling (India)BhutanAndaman Islands

🔒 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.