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Hoya desvoeuxensis

Hoya desvoeuxensis is a climbing or trailing epiphytic vine from Fiji, grown by collectors for its waxy flowers and foliage. It needs bright light, well-draining soil and careful watering, letting the mix dry partly between waterings.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the top part of the mix has dried, and reduce watering in winter.
Soil
Chunky, well-draining epiphyte mix such as orchid bark, perlite and peat or coco coir.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Fiji
Climate
wet tropical

About

Hoya desvoeuxensis is a species of Hoya native to Fiji.

Other Hoya plants

Wax Plants · Hoya acanthominima · Hoya acicularis · Hoya acuminata · Hoya aeschynanthoides · Hoya agusanensis · Hoya alagensis · Hoya albida · Hoya albiflora · Christmas Island Waxvine · Konkan Wax Flower · Hoya alwitriana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hoya desvoeuxensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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