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Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa

Scientific Name: Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa (Salm-Dyck) W.Barthlott
Synonym: Cereus ramulosus, Disocactus ramulosus, Hariota coriacea, Hariota ramulosa, Rhipsalis angustissima, Rhipsalis coriacea, Rhipsalis jamaicensis, Rhipsalis leiophloea, Rhipsalis purpusii, Rhipsalis ramulosa
Family: Cactaceae

Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa, photo by Ulf Eliasson

Recommended Temperature Zone:
USDA: 10-11

Sun Exposure: Bright shade

Origin: Mexico to northern South America, Hispaniola, Jamaica

Growth Habits: Shrubby plant, erect, 2 feet tall (60 cm) or more; stems 3 to 12 inches long (7.5-30 cm), 0.4 to 1 inch wide (1-2.5 cm); crenation 0.5 to 0.8 inches apart (1.2-2 cm); young areoles are often ciliate, naked when mature

Propagation: Cuttings

Blooming Habits:
Greenish white flowers, 0.4 inch long and wide (1 cm), with 6 or 7 petals. The flowers are solitary, located at the base of the areoles. The fruit is spherical, glabrous, whitish when ripe, 0.25 inch in diameter (0.6 cm).

Links:
Ulf Eliasson's Epibase

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