I just bought this plant at a garden workshop from a small nursery grower. I was previously unaware of this plant, so when I saw it with...Read More big beautiful 4 - 5" pink blooms, I was gob-smacked! I have a 100+ year Christmas cactus that also has pink blooms similar in shape, but much smaller. The orchid cactus leaves are succulent like an aloe or Christmas cactus, but the Deutsche Kaiserin orchid cactus leaves are flat and long, 10+" long and 1 1/2" wide. I hope to update my experience with this plant when I've had it for a while.
The flowers are bright-deep pink with a touch of fuschia with white mixed in. This hybrid could be an improved form of Nopalxochia phylla...Read Morenthoides, possibly developed in Germany. Ideal for hanging baskets.
Epiphyllums have "leaf-like" stems, but no leaves (foliage).
I just bought this plant at a garden workshop from a small nursery grower. I was previously unaware of this plant, so when I saw it with...Read More
The flowers are bright-deep pink with a touch of fuschia with white mixed in. This hybrid could be an improved form of Nopalxochia phylla...Read More