Hoya sigillatis
Hoya sigillatis
Also called Sigillatis and Freckled hoya
Houseplant · HoyasTHE SPLASHES ARE SUN FRECKLES and they only come with strong light — more light, more silver, up to the point of scorch. The leaves also go coppery in brightness, which is stress and is what everybody is actually buying it for.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Hard
- 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
- Tropical — indoors, warm RHS H1A, to 15°C
- Size
- 0.7 m tall · 0.4 m across
- Lifecycle
- Climber
- Origin
- Borneo
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
- Plain green leaves on a plant bought for its silver. The marks are sun freckles and only appear in strong light — more light, more silver, up to the point of scorch.No splashes · disorder
- Brown dry ends on the narrow leaves. It wants higher humidity than most hoyas; a Borneo species in a heated room is at its limit.Crisping tips · disorder