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.

This plant has been close to death on many occasions, but here I am 5 years after I got the plant, and it not only lives, but flowers on two peduncles at the same time!

A couple more rarities in flower at the same time.

I have to make the most of these plants all blooming at the same time. Here is a Hoya darwinii flower sitting on top of a peduncle full of H. thomsonii flowers.

Here is yet another photo comparison this time between Hoya obtusifolia on the left and Hoya danumensis on the right.

Definitely a first for me to have both of these flowering at the same time. Here is a not fully reflexed H. darwinii on the left, and H. obtusifolia on the right.

This is probably the world’s first flower photo comparison of these two species.