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title: "I’m curious why this keeps happening to my crimson Hoya. I wonder if…"
description: "I’m curious why this keeps happening to my crimson Hoya. I wonder if I’m watering it too much?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/-Hvw2UpVTXuBN-5q5GuMYg/GyX4vDeKK2cMBQZcSiL9lT"
community: "Hoya Hoarders"
author: "JFKFC"
published: "2025-03-30T22:58:44.157471Z"
language: "en"
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# I’m curious why this keeps happening to my crimson Hoya. I wonder if…

_Posted by JFKFC on 2025-03-30_

I’m curious why this keeps happening to my crimson Hoya. I wonder if I’m watering it too much?

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## 3 comments

### Darcy commented on 2025-03-31

It looks like overwatering to me. They store water in their leaves so they don’t need a ton of water

### Kate commented on 2025-03-31

Someone suggested the taco test or something like that for this plant and I have been doing that. Gently squeeze the leaves and if they fold up it needs water if they are more firm it doesn’t. You could try it and see if it works.

### Lisa Anglim commented on 2025-04-06

This plant is no longer called a crimson princess it’s. Ke hoya carnosa inner variegated. The queen is an outer variegated to tell them apart.

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