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Hoyas Partly documented

Hoya verticillata

One of the most widespread hoyas, ranging from India and southern China through Southeast Asia to Indonesia and the Philippines, with Australian plants (formerly Hoya pottsii) now usually included. It is a vigorous root-climbing and twining vine with fleshy leaves and clusters of scented waxy flowers. It is one of the easier hoyas: warm, bright and humid, with a slight dry spell.

Hoya verticillata
Photo: Michael MK Khor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

It climbs trees and rocks as a root climber and also twines. In Australia, plants treated as H. pottsii grow in eucalypt forest, monsoon forest and rainforest, often on rocks or boulders. Most Asian records come from lowland forest, forest edges and coastal vegetation.

The 15 records with an elevation span 0–1000 m, median 30 m, so it is mainly a lowland plant. Australian plants reach about 1100 m.

India, Bangladesh and the eastern HimalayaSouthern China, Hainan and TaiwanIndochina and MyanmarThailand and Peninsular MalaysiaSumatra, Java, Borneo and SulawesiPhilippinesAndaman and Nicobar 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.