I can't really say, but I know with my Hoyas (I have 3, but not a rope) I hardly ever water them. Sometimes I notice when the leaves start looking shriveled and water them then. Mine could definitely use more water, but they bloom regularly and grow and I've had them many years (one is a cutting from my great grandmother's plant!) If you've been watering a lot, my guess would be overwatering.

catrin123: Take the stem or leaf cuttings if there is still anything healthy left.

You say you got the plant from your aunt and that it was beautiful (I understand very healthy) at that time. So ask her how to care, it looks like she will give you the best advice.

As for myself, I keep my Hoya carnosa (not Rope) for 20 or so years without re-potting, in a tiny plastic container hanging in the N-W facing window. I water it every five days now, regardless of the season, enough for the water to show in the saucer at the bottom of the container. I think I watered it less frequently at the very beginning, when it was still small. It is doing very well! Please note that the container is very small! I prune my Hoya when needed to keep the size right. Aha, and I use 10-15-10 Schultz liquid plant food to feed it.

Help! I live in the Rocky Mountains and have a hoya plant that was also my grandmothers, I think it's 50-60 years old. I fertilized it and it started growing like crazy last summer into the blinds. I sprayed them with water a few times trying not to water with the freezing temps. but I think I froze them!! I don't know what to do. My husband and I took about an hour to unwind it out of the blinds and he hung a hook and now it's hanging away from the window. I feel like I caused the plant more stress by moving it but the leaves up against the window were yellowing and curling up. We tried to be gentle and now I have som chain my husband put up for it to grow onto. It looks really bad.

It's only Feb. so I don't dare fertilize it. I haven't even watered because I know it will cause more yellow leaves. I rarely water it in the winter. I'm at a loss, waiting for some solid advice. Please help. Thank you from the new kid on the block :)

FYI- I live in zone 5 according to this site. Thanks for your help and feedback, I really appreciate your knowledge in saving my plant.

To Abby Mika:

2 things hoyas hate the most is cold and wet feet.

By looking of your pictures, I think you still have a chance to save parts of the hoya plant but you have to cut them in sections and root them as I suggested to catrin123.

That means you have to start all over. I don’t think the plant can be saved but the cuttings can be. Following my suggestions to catrin123 and use water a little warm to the touch. Keep your cuttings in warm areas of your house but not close to any heat vents. They will take months to come back.

Good luck!

take some stem cutting. I was given a cutting several years ago, was growing great then one day I seen leave turning yellow and wrinkled: when I took out of pot the roots was dying. I took all the leaves off cut in pieces about 3-4 inches long dipped it rooting hormone and planted them in a mixture of orchid mixture and planting soil (2-1 mixture) then I sprayed stems with a diluted rubbing alcohol solution (1/4 cup alcohol to 2 cups water) placed pot with stems in a 2 gallon zip-lock bag and waited. this is what it looks like now after 7 months and 2 months ago it bloomed. There is 3 plants in this pot and only 1 has vines.