Has the sun set (oof) on this one-time social media darling?

Just a few short years ago, the Hoya 'Sunrise' was an absolute "it" plant. It was sexy, expensive, and the influencers couldn't stop talking about her. Does she still have a place in the collector's home?
Come join me for a discussion of one of the easiest Hoya to grow large--and flower. Mine started out a single, small cutting only fourteen months ago!
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[@soberplantguy]

Okay, okay --message received. We normal plant people are NOT bored with this Hoya 🤣Keep those comments comin', y'all. Love hearing stories about your 'Sunrise' 😁

[@GreenWitch1]

It’s a beautiful plant. I can see it growing from the roof of my balcony 😊

[@Tara-il6mj]

That’s the most beautiful sunrise I’ve ever seen. I’m currently growing out 2 4” pots, it’s definitely a favorite.😍 Thanks for sharing!

[@soberplantguy]

I bet yours will rival it soon enough! Thanks much ☺️

[@lovesyorkies3395]

My favorite Mom & Pop nursery has the Hoya Sunrise at such a great price so I bought a couple of them and potted them together. I fell in love with it when I saw it. Can’t imagine why it fell out of the limelight but I’m glad I didn’t pay through the nose for it! Yours is gorgeous!

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much! I have no doubt that yours will grow up int a big, beautiful plant, too. Cheers from Iowa 🙂

[@Suadade1983]

Ahhhh! The butter knife. Luckily, there always seems to be an abundance… 😂 Thank you again for your thoughtful chats. I learned and lived, laughed and loved.

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much 😊

[@Kimbermoi]

I'm new to the hoya scene and this is definitely on my birthday wishlist. Watched Fern repot that stunning Queen as well. And as Plants with Krystal would say, "Gotta shimmy that shoil". 😉

[@Kimbermoi]

New as is, 4 hoyas. LOL

[@soberplantguy]

I hadn't heard that phrase 🤣😅🤣 Welcome to the Hoya world, where we're a bunch of next-level plant dorks...!

[@dianahartley-kim7109]

I have a 4 inch Sunrise and I am excited to see it grow. I have been wanting this plant for sometime and was happy to find it available.

[@soberplantguy]

Great plant with a wonderful flower. Did you happen to notice my follow-up on the failure of this repot? 😒 Cheers from Iowa

[@joelh6514]

Just got a few small cuttings from a friend in February and it is already putting out a lot of new growth.

[@soberplantguy]

Love it! Such a very undervalued plant 🤔

[@Puddlesmolly]

I just love that plant ☘️

[@soberplantguy]

My bazillion props of her are doing sooo well. Rooting, glowering, just having a grand time 😂

[@kimmatlock2096]

The sunrise was one of my first hoyas I purchased getting started in my hoya journey. I like it as much today as when I bought it. The stressed leaves are an eye catcher. I have taken many cuttings from mine to keep it at a manageable size especially when I have a lot of hoyas and limited space. Yours looks amazing. Great video.

[@soberplantguy]

Awfully nice of you to say! Thanks for taking the time to comment 😀

[@raynelaroux1547]

I ordered a cutting off Etsy about 2 months ago. It's rooted and putting out new growth points. I can't wait until the day it's as big and beautiful as yours.

[@soberplantguy]

I bet it won't take too long! 😁

[@suzydevoe2583]

Beautiful, beautiful Hoya! So the search begins for me in central Wisconsin…

[@soberplantguy]

I hope you find one quickly. If memory serves (ha ha), I only paid ten or fifteen bucks for my starter. Definitely the best money I've spent per square inch of plant 🤣😂🤣

[@luciansteph]

Stuuuuuuuning! 🤩 thank you for sharing its beauty with us

[@soberplantguy]

Wow--thanks so much! ☺

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

I've just recently been thinking of getting this one. I don't care about trends. I like what I like, and yours is a beauty. Yeah, I've been learning on my own that this whole letting 'any' plant dry out is a bad thing. At best mine didn't grow at all, but normally it ended badly. Now, I water my succulents & cactus regularly and well too.

[@soberplantguy]

I hope you do get one--absolutely the most underrated plant in the Hoya world (my oh-so-humble opinion 🤣🤣🤣). During the winter it gets, basically, all late morning and afternoon sun. It's now fading back a bit on those long vines because we have a very shaded yard in the Spring and summer, so quite a lot less direct sun. But the crown gets grow lights. I've heard it postulated that colder temperatures also aid in sun stressing, but for me it's probably those long hours of direct exposure. Cheers from Iowa 😀

[@ceciliapacheco6027]

Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity to have this magnificent plant.

[@Dwynfal]

I've had my eye out for a Sunrise for a long time but it's like hen's teeth in my corner of the world. So beautiful! 😍

[@soberplantguy]

Ah, thanks much ☺ Do you already have the H. obscura, or is it available to you? Equally great, equally a fast grower (for me). Cheers from Iowa!

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

I LOVE your shirt!! I just found you and subscribed :)

[@soberplantguy]

Hey! Thanks for both 😀

[@MeTimePlants]

Beautiful! I have a little one arriving today!

[@soberplantguy]

Nice! Little today .... HUGE tomorrow 😁

[@jenniferbatista3971]

I love your comment with the butter knife, “the wife’s not here,,,,,”. 😂😂

[@soberplantguy]

Sssshhhh. Haven’t heard anything about that yet 😎

[@judywatkins744]

I'm new to your site but love it. This is absolutely beautiful. Will definitely be on my list to get very soon.

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you! And I'm glad you enjoyed it ☺

[@TheMillennialPlantDad]

You need to make video telling us how to care for Hoya’s because mine are in shambles. They are all dying , I’ve stopped collecting them because they just don’t do well for me anymore 😭😭

[@soberplantguy]

It could be that I just have conditions here that suit Hoya? But I feel you--I will never try to make any velvet leaved Philodendron work here. "Shambles" is a good word. Dead as doornails is more accurate, though 🤣😂🤣

[@dontcallmepeaches596]

Amazing. I can’t wait till mine is gone that big! It does have two peduncles about to bloom right now.

[@soberplantguy]

Very cool ! Make sure not to under water it while it’s plumping up and you should be fine 😀

[@elainecarter898]

Just bought my first sunrise. It’s in the nursery pot. I can’t wait to see how it grows❤

[@soberplantguy]

I'm excited for you! Such an undervalued plant these days. Cheers from Iowa! 😀

[@jenniferbatista3971]

I asked for this video!! 😊

[@soberplantguy]

I know! -- what a great idea 🤣😂🤣

[@Masha-wl3it]

OMG! How! Such a beauty! ✨🙌🤗😻 Magic💚🌿🤩

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you! I wish I could take any credit, at all, for this gorgeous girl 🤣😂🤣

[@teartamother1892]

Awesome I got one a few months back just a cutting and it's now settled in and starting to grow ❤

[@soberplantguy]

Nice! I'm very excited for you. It's such a lovely (now) underrated plant!

[@shauntaestewart3846]

Wow ❤ that is a beautiful full plant. The color I’m in love with it. Thank you for the video. Would you mind making a video explaining and showing all the different terms you use when describing things about the Hoyas. Also more info on vines, leaves, the trellis importance etc. I’m new to Hoya. And any information would help. Thank you in advance.

[@soberplantguy]

Sure thing. I'll work up a basics video--look for that soon 😀 Thanks for the nice comments. I really appreciate it!

[@shauntaestewart3846]

Thank you and you’re welcome

[@judyackley153]

I would love to buy one

[@soberplantguy]

As I’m sure you could tell-I’m 100% behind your sentiment! 😁

[@deemari577]

Hey Dave! I am so jealous! What a beautiful hoya! I'm on my third Sunrise. The first two were small cuttings with some sun stress but they died, root rot. I have a full one now a year and a half old and it's as green as the day I got it! Its in a west facing window, has tendrils and not growing much. As a matter of fact I am going to take out of the macrame hanger now and check it thoroughly. I might need to take out of meds and replace with a soil mix. Thanks for sharing! Look forward to your next! Dee, NY

[@soberplantguy]

Hi, Dee! Not that you asked ... but that won't stop me 🤣 I have kick-started many a Hoya with taking a cutting and propping that. Often times those go gangbusters while the "mother" plant sits there doing nothing 🤨. Cheers from Iowa!

[@justinamontgomery2618]

I am so happy this beautiful living plant found its way to you! They must love living with you! Yours by far is the best I have ever ever seen and Love the back story! I love this plant, I have 2….bout bought a few before that…..first Hoya I ever ordered on line but a 2 leaf cutting…..killed it. 2nd killed, and still have the last 2! One has a potential to turn into like yours……other is not as fruitful. Wow this video blew my mind thanks!

[@soberplantguy]

Wow--this gracious comment blows my mind! Thanks so much for taking the time 😀 In ep3 I started with H. 'Jennifer,' a plant that was growing really slowly, so I chopped and propped it, and now have those coming out of my ears.... I have often found that taking a prop is the way to go. Either way, she'll come around, no doubt. Cheers from Iowa 😁

[@justinamontgomery2618]

@@soberplantguy I am going to go back and watch all your videos! So happy I found your channel! MN

[@pudik2008]

That is the most beautiful Hoys I’ve ever seen,! Have to get my hands on one of those! 🪴👌🏻💚

[@soberplantguy]

Hey, thanks! Hopefully you find a starter (or larger) really soon. She's been such a rewarding grower for me. Cheers 😀

[@lucyogutu-lumuli7253]

Your sunrise is absolutely gorgeous. A quick question, I have tried to grow my Krimson Queen and Princess in a hanging basket because I really like the look of Hoya in a hanging basket. Buy they seem to prefer to climb. How do you get your Sunrise to hang so beautifully?

[@soberplantguy]

Hi, there--and thank you. I wish I could take credit, but the 'Sunrise' just naturally does that hanging thing really well. When the new vines form, they very, very quickly just start bend over. I grow my Carnosa 'Exotica' has a hanger, and it takes the weight of the leaves to eventually pull down the vine. Cheers from Iowa 😀

[@metsl1870]

Wow❤!!!!

[@soberplantguy]

Thank you! 😀

[@metsl1870]

I have this plant...fingers crossed mine will get there❤😊.

[@victorinacaro2626]

Your plant is gorgeous. My has only grown 2 leaves in 1 year.

[@soberplantguy]

Thanks so much! Is there enough stem to take a prop from it? I've often kick-started a Hoya by doing that. The props go nuts, while the "mother" plant just sort of hangs around 🙃 Best to you

[@tonyabrown39]

Its beautiful. I got a small one last summer but it hasn’t grown very much at all!

[@soberplantguy]

Strap yourself in, because once it gets going--BOOM!

[@kathleenwarner4046]

Yikes! I'm the odd one out. One of my first hoyas and certainly hardy and beautiful, but so prone to mealy bugs. I finally gave up and threw it out.

[@soberplantguy]

We’ve all been at that point with some plant 🤣😂🤣

[@tubegoob1]

I wish you'd fill your pots over the bowl. 😂

[@soberplantguy]

Why would I do this? It makes so much sense 🤣😎🤣

[@tubegoob1]

@@soberplantguy I'm telling your wife about the butter knife.

[@soberplantguy]

@@tubegoob1 😳

[@tubegoob1]

@@soberplantguy 😆

[@laurachapin204]

I got my Sunrise in a 4" pot last fall. This spring it bloomed for the first time. And then it bloomed again on the same peduncles plus new ones! Recently took about five cuttings from it and rooted them. This past weekend, I combined the original and the rooted cuttings into a 5" terracotta pot. It's full and fluffy and about 30% sun-stressed. I don't necessarily follow trends. I grow what I like. And I really like Hoya Sunrise! I've seen some vendors list Hoya Sunrise Thai form. Is it actually different?

[@soberplantguy]

I was at a huge Hoya sale last week and someone asked me which plant I couldn't' live without. Yep. Hoya 'Sunrise.' And yes, I've seen that "Thai form" and I'm calling malarky. 'Sunrise' is H lacunosa ssp. pallidiflora x Hoya obscura, hybridized by Michael Miyashiro. That's it. There cannot be "another" Hoya 'Sunrise,' unless you include 'Tequila Sunrise,' which is an entirely different cultivar. But those sellers are listing their Thai version as a lacunosa x obscura cross, soooo. Typical sellers trying to get more money with a name change. Guess I got that off my chest 🤣🤣🤣

[@laurachapin204]

@@soberplantguy, kinda thought so about the so-called Thai version. Reminds me of all the vendors who label everything “rare.”

[@soberplantguy]

@@laurachapin204 🤣😂🤣 Yes, everything is oh-so-very rare 🤣😂🤣

[@paulletter]

Does this plant get morning sun? Is it on a Porch or indoors?

[@soberplantguy]

Hi, Paul. It gets some late morning/and then afternoon sun. Direct for hours a day during the Fall/winter, and dappled throughout the summer. Also, sits under a trio of Barrina strip lights (10w each). So, a LOT of light. It's in normal household conditions. Which is freakin' cold during the winter 🤣 Cheers!

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

I’m looking for this Hoya. I found a sunrise but it says Thailand form. Is this the same or different? Tfs

[@soberplantguy]

Hmm. The actual H. 'Sunrise' was hybridized here in the States, H. lacunosa ssp. pallidiflora x obscure. Not sure what that would be. I'm curious though! 😀

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

@@soberplantguydo you have a shop website where you sell Hoya?

[@soberplantguy]

@@Horsewoman-pt2ku I don't. I usually use FB. But if you see something specific you're interested in, you can always email me at [e-mail]. That's email is always in my "about" section in the description. Cheers from Iowa 😀

[@The-ii5mj]

Mine died in 3 days⁉️

[@soberplantguy]

Oh no! Well, I do think it’s worth giving it another shot, if you’re up for it. Cheers 😀

[@crunchyflakepusssuk]

just curious, do you have a compacta? or any advice for one? gorgeous sunrise!

[@soberplantguy]

As gorgeous as they are, I don't have a compact. My general advice for *any* plant with nooks and crannies would be to stay on top of pest-prevention. I think in my next video I'll be showing my DIY spray. Works a charm ☠