Hi there jen! From my old neck of the woods up there in OH...where are you located? I'm from below the Canton/Akron area. My strategy for growing hoyas has changed a bit since I moved down here to the scorching sun of TX. However, when I was in Ohio this is how they were treated: In a south window in winter to maximize light, lighter on the watering in winter but not too dry (can depend on where your thermostat is this winter, cooler = less watering for me), and keep a close eye for mealies. From the other forum I see you already know how to treat those. You'll see soon that everyone grows them a bit differently, and therefore you'll get varying responses. I had a problem in OH one winter where I set the thermostat cooler and watered well before leaving for a week, and when I came back I had rot problems all over. The next winter watered well but kept the thermostat higher and everything was fine. Also I ran a humidifier to help with the dry winter air. In the summer, my hoyas would go out on my north facing front porch, they got a little direct sun early in the morning and late in the afternoon. And I kept them watered regularly out there. I also feed them from spring to fall with a blooming fertilizer plus a drop of superthrive. Hope this helps. I'm sure others will chime in here with their thoughts. Kim

Here are the ones I've found can do well in lower light (although hard to say if they'll bloom): All carnosas, especially the variegated ones motoskei shepherdii obovata lacunosa bella serpens acuta (I think that's what mine is; might be pottsii) archiboldiana (burns easily in sun, but mine won't bloom in shade--very frustrating!) Am sure there are more, but that's out of what I have. I say experiment. You can always move the plant later if it's not blooming after enough time! 'Mare

I have several Hoyas. A coupl new starts I purchased a month ago and a larger plant I have had several years that I started from rooted cuttings off my sisters plant. I live in noth Indiana so I have to be very careful about putting them outside. My older plant has grown slowly and I repotted it recently because it was on a very small pot. We got a cat which would not stay out of the window I was using and was stressing me and my plants out! Since I only have the one window I can use and the cat adopted it I decided to try LED grow lights which offer red blue yellow and full spectrum light along with a timer a dimmer and a choice of what spectrum you want. All the hoya which include a rope hoya, a tri color krimson queen and the regular one that I had which is hoya carnosa with the white and pink center star flowers have all started growing sensing out vines and leaves. I noticed the leaves are growing bigger and faster so it must work ok!😁 I recently repotted a verigated strand of pearls and added it to my little light party. I’m hoping it does well also!

I would like to get a high amount of light to my indoor hoya plant for blooms. There is so much information on lights out there and I just want to know what would work.