Rhipsalis teres forma heteroclada - Clumping Epiphytic Cactus-Clumping branches

Description: A Brazilian species with thin stems, in nature grows on rocks. If grown bright and ‘hard’ can be upright and branching, but grown rather lush, it is as limp as spaghetti. Producing a whorl of branches every few inches or so, it forms a cascading mass of stems. The stems are green, but tint purplish in strong light. White flowers are followed by white fruits. Nice compact species. You will receive 3 cutting that are 4 inches long. Some Multibranching. Plant - stems stiff, dark green, but purple about areoles and tips of branches, often erect in cultivation, much branched toward top of plantBranches - often in verticillate clusters, much more slender than the main stem,1 to 2 mm. in diameterAreoles - small, often bearing a single bristle;Flowers - small, white or greenish;Petals - 5, obtuse, spreading or recurved;Filaments - about 20, white, erect;Style - white, sunken at base into a little cup;Stigma - lobes 3, white;Ovary - green, about 2 mm. long;Fruit - globose, 5 to 6 mm. in diameter, white.This form has stout, cylindrical stem-segments and yellowish flowers. It is often found as a lithophyte enduring high light intensity.Shipped in padded envelope USPSPlant is listed on C.I.T.E.S no export from the United States.

Price: 5 USD

Location: Tarpon Springs, Florida

End Time: 2024-07-31T00:32:30.000Z

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