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title: "Labeled only as Hoya Carnosa Tricolor - can anyone tell me more about…"
description: "Labeled only as Hoya Carnosa Tricolor - can anyone tell me more about the true name? Is it a Princess? Thanks!"
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community: "Hoya Hoarders"
author: "Patti"
published: "2024-04-26T04:57:22.043679Z"
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# Labeled only as Hoya Carnosa Tricolor - can anyone tell me more about…

_Posted by Patti on 2024-04-26_

Labeled only as Hoya Carnosa Tricolor - can anyone tell me more about the true name? Is it a Princess? Thanks!

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## 12 comments

### Herektty commented on 2024-04-26

Tricolor is a commonly mistaken label for your Hoya. The patented name (now expired) for the original (radiation induced daughter of H.carnosa ‘tricolor’) is H. carnosa ‘Rubra’ The trade name used for marketing at the time was KRIMSON PRINCESS (not yelling. That’s how you write a trade name). The confusion comes when people don’t realize that there are many cultivars circulating. Properly, for this particular Hoya and mine 😊 we would say H. carnosa (inner variegated). I always add “the one commonly referred to as KRIMSON PRINCESS. I’ll see if I can attach a couple interesting images.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/zi3i-PKONa-6SuPqgubvaJRsKKzrpXFADNQFEMOJqPM/Q2_8DCWlSTqFn4D1HNPK7w.webp?size=large)

#### Herektty replied on 2024-04-26

The other image.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/zi3i-PKONa-6SuPqgubvaJRsKKzrpXFADNQFEMOJqPM/7dmumEXFRq-IIfeeayjQLA.webp?size=large)

#### AlohaMona replied on 2024-05-10

“Not yelling…” 🤭🤭

### Patti commented on 2024-04-26

@Herektty, you’re awesome! I love that you go into so much detail and share your knowledge and experience! So I now have an H. carnosa KRIMSON PRINCESS to go with my KRIMSON QUEEN! Thanks again!

#### Herektty replied on 2024-04-26

Well, kinda😉 You have an H. carnosa (outer variegated) and an H. carnosa (inner variegated) The trade names are reserved for those that can be traced.  
And your welcome 💕

#### Patti replied on 2024-04-26

But are they commonly called by the common names or am I misunderstanding?

#### Herektty replied on 2024-04-26

The trade names were attached to those specific cultivars. Other cultivars existed before and after the patented ones. We probably don’t have KP or KQ just outer and inner variegated unknown cultivars (not the patented ones)

#### Patti replied on 2024-04-26

Thanks again!

### Herektty commented on 2024-04-26

For those that are not botanists, nomenclature academics, historians, etc… yes the world refers to the aforementioned Hoya as KP and KQ and has been for years, albeit incorrectly. If selling or trading the label should read, H.carnosa (inner variegated) Its an ICBN thing and can be very confusing 🤷🏻‍♀️

#### Patti replied on 2024-04-26

Gotcha!

### Faye commented on 2024-04-30

It’s very beautiful!

#### Patti replied on 2024-05-01

Thank you! I was very happy to find it.

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