Girl, you are trying SO many species, I don't know how you can keep track of what likes what! LOL! I actually don't think that is globulosa - it looks more like villosa to me, and I'm afraid I can't help you because it's one I've tried over and over and it ends the same way...yellowing leaves that drop. Globulosa can be a pain as well, but since I started growing it in hydroton, it does well for me. Next time I try villosa, I'll grow it in hydroton to see if that's the solution. If I were you, I would take cuttings and start them in hydroton and hope the mother plant pops back.

I would suggest you find a particular Hoya complex you like and find you grow well and once you get those down pat, move to another complex. For example, I have great luck (and my eyeballs love) the Pottsii complex, so I grow several clones of pottsii, macrophylla, limoniaca, latifolia, fuscomarginata, finlaysonii, glabra, deykeae... and lots of others. I find them easy to grow (for the most part) and they're beautiful. I think the very easiest (for me anyway) complex is the main Hoya complex, which includes all varieties of carnosa, fungii, dasyantha, and the pubicalyx species. I've never been able to find what complex globulsa and villosa fall into, but I find them both difficult.

Denise in Omaha

I couldn't agree with Denise more--far better to have a few sturdier more "common" hoyas beautifully grown and covered with flowers and new growth than to have a dozen rare and "exotic" hoyas struggling along miserably and slowly dying....At least in my opinion :-)....

I already have a small Globulosa from aurorawa that is doing great. I also have another I'm rooting because I guess I over watered and the roots were rotting. So, this recent purchase is a replacement (so to speak) for the one I'm rooting.

Maybe it is Villosa - some photos I've seen on the web show them to be a lighter green and/or some yellow. I'm starting to think the southern sun may be too strong. I'll keep an eye on it.

Have you watered it since you got it? Turn it over and lift the pot off it to see how wet it is.

I also could be stress from the shipping.

It was slightly moist when I received it. I watered once with a spray bottle just to get the top inch or 2 moist. Yesterday I gave it a good shower and cleaned off every leaf top and bottom just in case there were any critters.

Do you give your villosa a lot of light and humidity?

Its under grow lights and i water it every few days. I also have a globulosa from aurora and that one gets a bit of neglect and does just fine. Its even putting out new growth.

Villosa and globulosa are really simple to care for. Your's looks fine...just a bit of transport shock. They prefer to be kept drier in cooler months. I water mine every 5/7 days in late Spring/Summer and every 10/14 days in late Fall to late Spring. They also bloom (for me) in response to shorter daylight hours in the Fall/Winter. In fact, hanging mine under my skylight in my kitchen is the only way I have gotten globulosa, wide leaf villosa, calycina, and albiflora to bloom. Villosa (normal) and sp. Welsh Mountain Zoo have yet to bloom. Your results may vary, according to your climate.

Thanks Tony and aurorawa. I was kind of thinking it was just getting adjusted to its new home.

Does this look like Globulosa or Villosa? The Globulosa I have is a much darker green.

A southern window may be too much for it. I grow almost all of mine in east and west.

Denise in Omaha

Unfortunately for me, our house runs north and south so I only have one double window facing east and one large picture window on the west side. 13 south and 20 north. I guess it's not ideal for Hoyas. I need to buy more T5 lights.

Sounds like you have a big house Monica. LOL, I only have 10 windows in my entire house.

T5 lights are definitely helpful.