That is SO PRETTY Denise! The red leaf is Awesome!! The whole plant looks Great actually! I always like the variegated varieties.... even with African violets...

Beautiful leaf, Denise. Would it be possible for you to share a side by side comparison of your standard and superior KQ? What are the differences you've noticed, other than this one?

Denise, it's beautiful! I love red leaves!

I also LOVE Red leaves...that one is SO pretty! I've never seen red leaves on my KQ...Congrats!

GG,

I don't see significant differences except the young leaves have much deeper tones - burgundys and reds instead of pinks. Once the leaves mature, they're pretty much the same.

Denise in Omaha

beautiful red.
I also think they have some red diference.

Very pretty Pepeuve!!

That's interesting, Denise. I wondered because sometimes it seems like there's some variation among KQ leaves posted on here. Some seem a shade flatter and thinner although still with the proper variegation, and others seem more rigid and canoe-ing. I wondered if this might also be a difference between your plants.

I'm really not sure whether I am imagining it or not.

Hi GG,

KQ is one of my most favorite Hoyas & it's becuase of the look of the leaves AND how very variable they are.

I recently shot some pix to show exactly this, of a single branch of a small new KQ I bought locally which has striking variation among 4-5 leaves right next to each other. I'll try to post it this weekend. I also found the same w/ the KQ 'superb' form, highly variable; & that one can have leaves that are SUPER dark, almost black when they first emerge. Eventually, most of the pink/red whitens w/ age.

But they're so cool looking, at least to me!!!

Can't wait to see the photos, PG.

Your explanation makes sense, as I tried to look back through the archives for pictures that demonstrated what I was talking about and couldn't find really good examples of consistent plants.

My own plant is highly consistent, so I expected others to be, but based on your response, this is probably due to the fact that it's still young and small.

Thanks for the further description of KQ 'superb' - sometimes it's hard to gauge true color from photographs.

Most notably, daylight hours affects to the color of the incipient leaf.
My personal opinion based on my own experience.
Sorry I can not explain better.
Thanks.

/Pepeuve Are the new leaves darker with longer daylight hours?

Pepeuve,

I think it's more about intensity of light than day length. This time of year, I get a lot more sun coming in the GH than in winter.

Denise in Omaha