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title: "Hello! Can someone help me identify this plant? Is this a Hoya?"
description: "Hello! Can someone help me identify this plant? Is this a Hoya?"
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community: "Hoya Hoarders"
author: "Layla Leal"
published: "2025-12-09T21:55:59.684543Z"
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# Hello! Can someone help me identify this plant? Is this a Hoya?

_Posted by Layla Leal on 2025-12-09_

Hello!  
Can someone help me identify this plant? Is this a Hoya?

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## 7 comments

### 🌺 Thai Jade 🌺 commented on 2025-12-09

That looks like a Peperomia, not a Hoya.

#### Layla Leal replied on 2025-12-09

Thank you for the help! Planta told me it was a Hoya, and I was skeptical. 😅

#### 🌺 Thai Jade 🌺 replied on 2025-12-09

I think it’s because it is leggy and trailing. If you want the plant to be more compact, you can cut it back and propagate the cuttings.

### 🌺 Thai Jade 🌺 commented on 2025-12-09

BTW, I always cross reference plants that I struggle identifying. I use iNaturalist to clarify a lot of plants.

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#### Layla Leal replied on 2025-12-09

Very helpful, thanks. A neighbor was giving it for free so I just grabbed it – I’ll make sure to trim it and give it some love!

### Rhus commented on 2025-12-10

People often let these get too tall because they look so cool growing straight up, but they'll branch just fine if you nip the growing tip with clean scissors and be a little fuller/sturdier that way.

#### Layla Leal replied on 2025-12-10

Thank you Rhus! Should I wait for the spring time to do it?

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