This vine grows best in humid, tropical conditions with warm winters.
Indoors the plant needs a sunny windowsill for growth.
Soil
Use soil with a high content of loam and peat moss.
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Keep the soil well-draining by adding perlite or coarse sand.
Add some organic matter to provide essential nutrients and to help to acidify the soil.
Water
Stephanotis vines like moist but not soggy soil.
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Water the plant infrequently if you have a cooler, less humid environment.
Types of Stephanotis
Pruning
Pruning does not harm this plant.
Prune the vine lightly in the late winter, just to retain a pleasing form.
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Find the main stems and trim off side shoots to reduce the size of the plant.
you could also cut the main stems by half their size to lighten the plant.
Take care not to allow the plant’s milky sap to drip on your furniture.
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Propagating Stephanotis
Propagate stephanotis with cuttings any time during the year.
More often older stephanotis vines will produce the fruit and pods.
The pods may take months to almost a year to ripen enough to harvest the seeds.
The seeds are smallish, white, and furry.
Choose a larger container with adequate drainage holes for your stephanotis vine.
The newer vessel should be about two inches wider than the previous one.
Fill it with half potting soil and half leaf mold or compost.
Always provide a trellis, hoop, or lattice to support the vine.
Overwintering
Overwintering stephanotis grown indoors is extremely important for proper care of the plant.
Other common pests include the root-knot nematode,aphids,mealybugs, andthrips.
The most common disease to affect stephanotis isroot rotas a result of overwatering.
Carefully monitor insect problems to control sooty mold.
They may flower from October to November, as well.
How Long Does Stephanotis Bloom?
The flowers last longest when you leave them on the vine.
Keep cut stephanotis flowers in a cool area with high humidity to prolong their beauty and delay browning.
What Do Stephanotis Flowers Look and Smell Like?
The flowersresemble jasmine in appearanceand scent.
The flowers have a rich perfume-like fragrance.
Afternoon shade in the summer will help flowers from scorching.
Winter is usually a rest phase for this plant.
Caring for Stephanotis After It Blooms
Continue to deadhead spent flowers to encourage more blooms.
Common Problems With Stephanotis
This is a demanding and particular plant that may present many problems.
Here are a few to watch for.
Dropping Flowers and Leaves
The plant may be stressed from extreme temperature changes or watering issues.
Avoid moving stephanotis, especially when it’s flowering.
Remove pests by hand when possible.
Yellow Leaves
You will need to fertilize the plant.
Try a more frequent weekly feeding.
Remove yellow leaves and see how the plant reacts to the new feeding schedule.
The blooms of stephanotis resemble common jasmine (Jasminum officinale) or evenvining jasmine(Jasminum polyanthum).
This flower can be difficult to care for, since it’s so fussy with its needs.
That’s why it’s typically grown commercially rather than at home.
It can be either depending on where you live.
It’s a tropical plant, so it can be grown outdoors in zones 10 and warmer.
Grow it indoors below zone 10.
Stephanotis floribunda.North Carolina State Extension.
Stephanotis ‘Isabella’ and ‘Puanani’.University of Hawaii Extension.
