My first epi!!!!!!!!!

I posted over in the trading forum that I just graduated high school and will be moving in to a new apartment to start college.

Unfortunately, because of being in an apartment, I can not take any of my mom's flowers from her garden to plant.

I listed some plants that I would like to get cuttings of to start my own collection.

Today, I found out my mom bought me an epi to take with me!! It's about a 2 year old plant.

I have never had one but in researching what I wanted, this one topped my list.

I thought I'd show it to the "experts" for some advice.
I read through this forum and I've picked up a LOT of tips. I'm thankful for that.

Hi there Crazy4vines, congrats on your new Epiphyllum oxypetalum! That container won't hold it for long, I'm afraid. Epi oxy plants grow quite tall and lanky and heavy in time and need support as well. As soon as that one becomes rootbound, you will need a bigger sturdier pot. I would start a weekly fertilizer regimen right away for the best flowering. Last year, I got my first wave of blooms in July.

Thanks so much for that tip clair...

Would anyone care to show me what type of containers their epi is in so I can get an idea of what I need to put it in?

What kind of support?

Thanks!

Crazy4vines, since you will have to move them in and out yourself, you will want as light of a container as possible. I use lightweight polyurerthane containers, but plastic or clay will do nicely also. Any container with good drainage will work. You will be repotting to a container slightly bigger than the root ball so that the roots have about two or three inches of soil to grow into, and when that container becomes rootbound, you can repot again. I have a shoot now which shot up to about six feet tall, and it is starting to fill out. People use stakes or tomato cages or green plastic nursery tape to keep their epi's shoots supported. Here are two of my Epi hybrids below. The hybrids don't get the long shoots like the Epi oxy species do.

Here's a picture from last year show the tomato cage. You can't even see the cage this year because it has grown and filled out tremendously. I'll take a current picture as soon as I get a chance.

Crazy, my 2 big epies are in 12" plastic pots on the floor/ground. They are each over 2-3 feet tall and wide (not including the pot), with a few errant spears sticking out here and there. Unruly looking but worth it for the flowers!