Unfortunately the woman who passed on and gave it to me never told her children the name. Could someone please tell me if this belongs on this forum or not. There are tiny prickly things on the leaves and I am not sure if OC have them. Thank you in advance.
There are three pictures I would like you to see.
Next one!
Last one!
You're on the right forum. Looks like one of the Epiphyllum hybrids to me. Lovely specimen in any case!
Someone suggested it is a rapsalis?????Any thoughts?
Not a Rhipsalis - flowers are wrong. Likely this is a Disocactus see here for some other pics: http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?start=0&genus=Disocactus&species=
Relatives of the Orchid Cactus (epis) and similar in appearance to the epis.
Is that blooming right now? It does look like an epi or a disocactus.
What's missing is bloom size, true bloom shape, and if it is a night bloomer or a day bloomer. When we have this information we can begin to speculate as to a name and classification. As far as the stems, etc., it could be of any of the guesses so far. Certainly appears to be an orchid cactus and no growth characteristics would point to anything else that I am aware of. I agree that it probably will be a disocactus based on inner/outer petals looking to be the same size. Again, it will take an open bloom to determine this. If so, it is a species plant which means it might
be a night bloomer from one of the America's jungles. Our modern epie hybrids were developed from such plants.
Can you please give us a picture of a full bloom which shows us the shape and coloration; whether it was blooming in the daytime or night, and an approximation as to how long she might have had the plant? bob
Oh Bob, every time I see your cactus I just swoon! This year I got one bloom off the cuttings you sent me and I was in Heaven.....
Thank you Bob for your interest in helping me. Since posted this and I would swear i already told this thread that we did in fact ID this plant. But since it does not show up anyplace, please forgive me for not telling people it was identified. The cactiguide information is :
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus?genus=Disocactus&species=+hybridus
It is a day bloomer and here are some of the full blooms.
Beautiful blooms. There is a wide spread of plants from this line with highlights of red/orange color which are relatively easy to grow. I have several so named but each is slightly different in coloration.
When you take cuttings from this plant, how big do you make them? I did not know if you can cut the segments in half or not. Some are so long they really need to be started in pots rather than flats as many of the Christmas Cactus can be. Most people I know what have these live in the tropical climates and just stick them in the ground. LOL. I am not that furtunate. Here in NJ I need to start everything in the greenhouse. I would appreciate any suggestions you have regarding starting new plants from cuttings of these beauties.
I am also very aware there are so many different varieties but I am not sure I would want to get into too many of them. They are so nasty to work with and they do get really too big for the limited space I have.
Thanks for your thoughts. JB
In my experience, a full stem cutting (from the base) will give faster results, but they are very hard to handle. The smaller peices can be combiuned in a pot for a fuller plant, but will take longer to root and to bloom. It is best to have a mature leaf to start with.
That is what I have done, but I thought maybe there was an easier way. Man they have thorns worse than roses. These you can't even see and even wearing gloves some of them got me. LOL. thanks for the help. JB
