This indoor plant is at my work. It flowered for the first time in all the years I've worked here, last week. It has the prettiest of flowers, totally Jurassic looking too. The leaves grow out of other leaves. The long limbs have little roots that cling to the wall for support. The flowers also grow out of the sides of the leaves. Someone at work thought it was related to a Christmas cactus. I can't identify this plant. I would like to know, so I know properly how to propagate.
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
Wow! You have a Night Blooming Cereus cactus. Not sure of care - maybe you can check a plant source book or the internet
You can cut a whole leaf off, or a shoot. You can then leave it dry for a week or so. Then stick it in water till it gets healthy roots and then plant it. I have cut a long spike into several pieces and then put them in water and they grew.
Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted to know. What I is, and how to take cuttings. Excellent.
Hello ! It is an Epiphyllum oxypetalum. When it is receiving enough light it does not produce long cylindrical stems. In its native place, the rain forests, it grows in tree's hollows. Rain forests mean : warmth, a lot of humidity in the air, and cloudy sky. The plant is never exposed to direct sunlight that burns it in less than an hour. Once you have found a place with more light, moist and warmth, you can cut the long cylindrical stems, just before spring. If the plant is receiving enough light, it will stay 'bushy' and will produce much more than one flower at a time, unfortunately each flower opens for one hour only, and in the dark of the night only.
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
