Everyone remain calm! We have a purple mutation in the building!!👀
My H. Lacunosa (silver) has many different variations of silver, from solid silver, flecks of silver and hints of silver, but purple silver?!? Didn’t expect that!
It’s sun stress from the grow lights, not a sport (mutation) think of it like a sun tan. Also new growth can look pink or purple in plants, but it will fade to silver as the leaves harden off. One of these two things.
schatten_dieb
The purple is sunstress. There are other silver hoyas that sunstress purplish/pinkish.
So with less light, the purple disappears, it’s not a mutation or a feature that can be propagated.
narwhals-are-magical
Nice!! I know there are a couple of lacunosa varieties that sunstress purple and they are $$$. Super cool that you got one spontaneously!
vespirs
As others have said, you aren’t necessarily seeing a purple sport mutation here, you’re seeing anthocyanin pigments which are appearing purple due to the aeromaculata (silver) obscuring the green, chlorophyll rich tissues. The sport mutation is the silver foliage, and is already present and selected for. ❤️
Witchymomma666
O wow
StoneStreet11
I need a lesson on sun stressing 😅
putitinapot
The dark purple vine is worth propagating to see if it will continue to produce more. Good luck!
Important_Low8670
This looks like Hoya Lacunosa gothic
blissjunkii
Wow that’s gorgeous 😍 keep us updated on the propagation if you do!!!
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It’s sun stress from the grow lights, not a sport (mutation) think of it like a sun tan. Also new growth can look pink or purple in plants, but it will fade to silver as the leaves harden off. One of these two things.
The purple is sunstress. There are other silver hoyas that sunstress purplish/pinkish.
So with less light, the purple disappears, it’s not a mutation or a feature that can be propagated.
Nice!! I know there are a couple of lacunosa varieties that sunstress purple and they are $$$. Super cool that you got one spontaneously!
As others have said, you aren’t necessarily seeing a purple sport mutation here, you’re seeing anthocyanin pigments which are appearing purple due to the aeromaculata (silver) obscuring the green, chlorophyll rich tissues. The sport mutation is the silver foliage, and is already present and selected for. ❤️
O wow
I need a lesson on sun stressing 😅
The dark purple vine is worth propagating to see if it will continue to produce more. Good luck!
This looks like Hoya Lacunosa gothic
Wow that’s gorgeous 😍 keep us updated on the propagation if you do!!!