Hoya mindorensis
Hoya mindorensis
Also called Mindorensis and Red hoya
Houseplant · HoyasIt flowers YOUNG and often — two or three times a year on a plant barely a foot long — which makes it the one to buy if a carnosa's four-year wait has put you off. Never cut the old flower stalk off; it reflowers from it.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Medium
- Water
- Every 9 daysSoak, then bone-dry — wait until the soil is dry right through — lift the pot, it tells you.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- Feed
- Every 45 days
- Humidity
- High
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out in high summer RHS H1B, to 10°C
- Size
- 0.8 m tall · 0.5 m across
- Lifecycle
- Climber
- Origin
- The Philippines
Is it safe for pets and people?
Its genus has been checked and nothing in it is listed as harmful — but this particular species has not been listed either way.
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
ASPCA does not name this species. It clears THREE distinct Hoya by name — H. carnosa, H. kerrii and H. pubicalyx — and lists none of the genus as toxic, which meets this bank's threshold for a clean bill to cross a genus. `harm.people` stays unknown because Hoya is absent from the RHS harmful list entirely: nobody has looked, which is weaker than a clean bill.
Checked against ASPCA on 2026-09-22.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- The old flower stub snipped off after the blooms dropped. That spur is where the next flush comes from — this plant reflowers from it two or three times a year if left.Peduncle removed · disorder
- A ball of buds that browns and drops before opening, usually after the plant was moved or the humidity fell sharply.Bud blast · disorder