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Hoya hainanensis

Hoya hainanensis is a climbing or trailing epiphytic vine from Hainan and Vietnam, grown by enthusiasts for its waxy foliage and flowers. Like most hoyas it needs bright light, well-drained airy media and moderate watering, and it is best kept on a bright windowsill or in a humid greenhouse.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Let the top of the medium dry out between waterings, then water thoroughly.
Soil
Chunky, free-draining epiphyte mix with bark, perlite and some peat or coir.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Hainan, Vietnam
Climate
wet tropical

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Hoya hainanensis is a species of Hoya native to Hainan and Vietnam.

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 hainanensis 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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