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title: "My hoya obivata got new leaves and they are pure white. Cool, but not…"
description: "My hoya obivata got new leaves and they are pure white. Cool, but not cool."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/-Hvw2UpVTXuBN-5q5GuMYg/ehU4S8jeWHm4IgBEr3W7Fo"
community: "Hoya Hoarders"
author: "Jess"
published: "2025-12-27T23:07:39.861295Z"
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# My hoya obivata got new leaves and they are pure white. Cool, but not…

_Posted by Jess on 2025-12-27_

My hoya obivata got new leaves and they are pure white. Cool, but not cool.

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## 3 comments

### HoyaHoarder commented on 2026-01-06

So cool! I find Obovata's do whatever they want. Mine recently put out curly bacon leaves.

### Lisa Anglim commented on 2026-01-17

If it puts out a third white leaf, cut behind the last green leaf, then wait. I had to cut back my white hoya queen and had to it again. I was afraid to cut behibd the last variegated leaf the first time. It gave me two new white leaves. Then I cut it back, I cut it back behind my last variegated leaf. After that it grew new variegated. Leaves.

#### Jess replied on 2026-01-20

The two newstest tiny leaves aren't white thankfully!

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