Hard to believe that that both of these plants are in the same genus!

I don’t know if I have featured these together before, but in case I haven’t, Hoya undulata on the left and obtusifolia on the right:

It is not everyday that these two beauties are flowering at the same time so I had to take this shot!

Hoya Sunrise is readily available; it is inexpensive and well worth adding to the collection. I am gravitating more and more to these easy to care for Hoyas as get older, and this one really fills the bill. This is a plant that gets my highest recommendation!

The blooms of Hoya Sunrise smell much more like Hoya obscura than H. lacunosa.

So many of these Hoya hybrids are just so average, but Hoya Sunrise stands out in a crowd. It has also stood the test of time.

Hoya Sunrise has been a steady grower for me and although at this point, I have only had it for around 8 months, it has flowered at least 3 times. Below the Buds of the plant. The strange thing is that the umbel of buds is bigger than either of the parents in this cross.

I have to say that this has to be one of the easiest Hoyas and quickest bloomers that I have ever had. The cutting was sent to me by a wonderful grower named Rachel from Michigan. It rooted right off and within two months it flowered from a newly formed peduncle.

 Hoya ‘Sunrise’ is an elegant, highly collectable cross between Hoya lacunosa ssp. pallidiflora and Hoya obscura, hybridized by Michael Miyashiro in 1992. The leaves are dark green with visible veins and red flecks. Her is a photo of the foliage:

I’m lucky enough to have both of these flowering at the same time.