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Australis Sunnyside Up or Incrassata Moonshadow?

9 years ago

Help me decide which to get. Having trouble deciding. I read that Moonshadow variegation is more stable in some plants. Which is your favorite, and why?

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  • 9 years ago

    Incrassata Moonshadow is so beautiful, foliage wise. I prefer the blooms on Australia though:/ I see your dilemma! Then again, foliage is what you see 90% of the time

    Randi Holbrook thanked Klnco
  • 9 years ago

    Is Sunnyside up just like Lisa??

  • 9 years ago

    Marco, SRQ's photo of it shows VERY light leaves with lighter variegation. Much lighter than the pic of yours. Would that be due to lighting?

  • 9 years ago

    Marco - it's a very nice Hoya. Seems like so many of the Variegated varieties revert so easily.

    I love Hoya Incrassata. I also love Moonshadow but for some reason it's not as easy for me to grow as regular Incrassata. I also like the more succulent, stiffer leaves of regular Incrassata.

  • 9 years ago

    Well, I posted a pic of the Sunnyside Up SRQ had on their website, showing much lighter leaves, but it didn't show up. Maybe I wasn't supposed to post it and it was deleted. I love your Sunnyside Up Marco! I think I'll go with Sunnyside Up. I already have a 'Lisa' that, so far, has done well for me. Hopefully Sunnyside Up will do the same. I saw the Incrassata 'Eclipse' too, and the ones with the decent variegation are so lovely. My wish list just keeps getting longer!

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago


    Randi, you are right on about the lighting. For the last 2 years, my plant spent the entire summer IN direct western sun and had much lighter leaves and twice the variegation. This year, it is tucked in the shade so my big Pub PS splash will bloom. Oddly, this plant was labeled "Lisa" and since it wasn't, it sat in their greenhouse for almost 3 years. When I saw the lighter colors bleeding away from the middle vein, I knew I must have it. It had yards of vine that was wrapped together like a rope.

    Monica, this one is like my obovata variegate which reverted often back and forth on the same vine. Once my moonshadow reverted, it never came back.

    All credit for above photo belongs to SRQ Hoya's. It is not mine.

    Marco

    Randi Holbrook thanked marco
  • 9 years ago

    Thank you for posting the pic, Marco. The guy who sells cuttings a lot on ebay had a Moonshadow cutting listed, and I don't do well with cuttings, so I messaged him to see if, on the off chance, he had a rooted cutting or small plant of Moonshadow. He messaged me back that he did! He put it up on ebay for me, and I snatched it right up. But the Sunnyside Up is still on my wish list for later this spring. I just hope it doesn't revert!

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Randi, if my plant spits out another vine or I find one that has a lot of variegated leaves, I will let you know. This plant makes them on a whim, it seems. If I had time to unwind the yards of vine it already made, I could probably find a few for you. I traded a few and one had almost white streaks coming from the center.

    Marco

    Randi Holbrook thanked marco
  • 9 years ago

    Wow, the white streaks sounds beautiful! Does it need lots of humidity?

  • 9 years ago

    I live in St.Pete, FL directly on Tampa Bay so I think humidity plays a big role in it. I have to say that I have never seen a Sunnyside Up photo anywhere other than that pic on SRQ. Maybe mine is a different clone then, even in the brightest sunlight, I never got the variegation that appears in that pic.

    Marco

  • 9 years ago

    I live in the Mojave Desert, so sometimes humidity in the single digits! And yes, I can't find any info or photos of Sunnyside Up either, other than that pic.

  • 9 years ago

    Got my 'Moonshadow' today! Here' a pic. He also sent me a cutting of surgaoensis! Are they easy to root? Thanks! So happy!



  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Where did you purchase?

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