Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cacti General Discussion Part #2, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Crit--That "fort" belongs to my back-yard neighbor. It is for his G-Children to play in.

Part of the reason I put up those 2 fence panels in the back of my raised bed is so
I would not have to look at all his junk.

He keeps all this stuff behind his huge garage building--so he does not have to look at it.
But--his "junk" is all I see the whole time I am in my back yard. YUK!

Problem esthetically solved...........with 2 panels of shadow-box fencing.

JB--The Ric Rack is: Selenicerius Anthonyanus. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/35231/

There is another one very similar to this one--but the
"ric rac" of the leaves are opposite each other. Mine alternate--just like in the ric rac binding in a fabric store.


I have no ID on the red Epis....Would love to???? Especially the one that just bloomed....WOW!
All these are in the Orchid cactus family. There is an Orchid Cactus Forum. Check it out....

As for your old, pot-bound Epi--maybe you should transplant it? Root-prune it? Some fresh soil
may do wonders....You can also take frond cuttings. These all root extremely easily.
Just shove it in a pot and keep it moist.

The Ric Rac Cactus does bloom. I have only seen it once. This was in 2006.

Here is the flower.....