Hoya Wayetii variegated – Carla’s Hoya Haven

This is one of the first Hoyas I purchased in 2020 and it came from Hirt’s Gardens. It was in a 4″ pot and contained eight rooted cuttings. I still have this plant in a 6″ pot. I’ll have to check it this year to see if needs repotting. I suspect it doesn’t. This one is not a rapid grower. It does require a fair amount of light and dues better in a sunny window than under a grow light.

Since this is one my first Hoyas I wasn’t sure how to pot it up. I used equal parts cactus soil and potting soil with some homemade pon (pumice, red lava and zeolite. It’s doing fine though it didn’t grow much last year. Sometimes Hoyas are like that. I had it under a Sansi grow light and when I moved it to a shelf in front of a window it suddenly grew several new leaves. It also grew new leaves sitting in the bottom of the grow tent but overall I think it does best on a shelf in the window. I keep turning it around so the side with the fewest leaves faces the sun. However, the leaves on this plant follow the sun and within a couple days most of the leaves have shifted to the sunny side of the pot.

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