Full Name: Hoya pubicalyx ‘Bright One’, ‘Bright One’

Status: an Accepted and Established name for a unique Hoya.

Originator: Genieve McDonald

Introducer: Loyce Andrews

Category: Open pollinated (on Merritt Island, Florida)

Availability: This cultivar is still widely available today in many parts of the world.

Established in:

Andrews, L. (1977). 50 Interesting Hoya’s. Plants Alive. June.72. 

“Olive Leaves, Bright Red Flowers, Good Bloomer”

Secondary highly valuable publications:

Perpich,C. & Burton C.M (1984). Hoya ‘Bright One’.The Hoyan, 5(3)74-75. (Detailed description, photos, and drawings)

Burton C.M. (1998).Cultivars. The Hoyan 20(1) 3-5. (Checklist of named cultivars with and without description): “Flower color varies from bluish-red to bright firecracker red (at least that is what some report)- I’ve seen a true red myself). Probably of hybrid origin.”

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