Krimson Queen vs Krimson Princess

Denver, CO(Zone 5b)

I have a question... here is the link to my ID crisis.. http://davesgarden.com/t/404998/
I did some searching on the web, and came up with photos of Krimson queen, and Krimson princess... they look the same to me, as far as the white varigation being on the outside of the leaf. I think I already added it to the PDB under queen. ANy info would be appreciated!

Celaya, Mexico(Zone 10a)

LOL Shelly, the world of Hoyas can be very confusing believe me.
I knew there was somewhere something about an old patent/trademark in regards to the carnosa cultivars. I just couldn't find it before, but now I finally did. Anyways in accordance to it the white margined leaf cv is Krimson Queen so your PDB post is correct. Sorry for the confusion I may have caused.
Below find a writing found in another forum outside of DG:

Hoya carnosa cv. Rubra is a cultivar of Hoya carnosa var. picta. It can be distinguished by the green leaf borders.It was a patented variety put out by Cobia in FL. The patents expired about 25 years ago. It was more commonly sold by its Trademark name of Hoya Krimson Princess.

Hoya carnosa cv. Tricolor is a cultivar of Hoya carnosa var. variegata. It can be distinguished by the white or cream border on its leaves. It too was patented by Cobia in the 1950s and its patent expired in the 1970s. It was more commonly sold by its trademarked name of Hoya Krimson Queen.

Denver, CO(Zone 5b)

Wheew!!! Panamon I was SO confused! LOL thanks for the great help!!! I am mostly glad I got the PDB pic correct! lol
Thank you again!

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