Species · genus Stephanotis · Apocynaceae

Jukti

Stephanotis volubilis (L.fil.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve

Growth habit

climber

Native range

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Reference · S. volubilis

Cultivars of S. volubilis

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under S. volubilis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Stephanotis volubilis is a woody climber native across tropical and subtropical Asia, where it scrambles through warm, humid forest margins with support and good light. Give it a sturdy trellis and bright indirect light, and water when the top inch or two of mix has dried, letting it approach dryness between waterings rather than sitting wet. It tolerates ordinary household humidity but appreciates warmth and steady moisture during active growth.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–27 °C

Soil mix

Rich, well-draining peat-based mix

Propagation

Semi-ripe stem cuttings rooted with warmth

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed every two weeks in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Waxy, fragrant white flowers in summer under bright light

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Apocynaceae commonly contain cardiac glycosides and irritant milky latex. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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