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Hatiora gaertneri



4th July 2006


A summer flowering epiphytic cactus. I find it a lot more troublesome than the Schlumbergera hybrids.

13th July 2008




5th July 2009




9th July 2011


The species has a long and confused taxonomic history, and IU have just caught up with the idea that Rhipsalidopsis as a genus has disappeared into Hatiora. It is a perfectly reasonable change, but that doesn't mean I will rmember it has happened.

12th August 2012


The name remains a little speculative in a world where new names appear frequently, possibly more frequently than new plants. This is what I was brought up to call the scarlet orange one and I am going to stick with it until I am shown better (though I accept it might now be a Hatiora).
It is a Brazilian epiphyte growinmg at altitudes up to 1,300m. I find it less cold tolerant than the Schlumbergera but faster to recover from damage.

15th April 2018




23rd May 2020