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Compact jointed stems with long white hairs. There are a lot of Rhipsalis, and I'm not sure what the attraction is, but I seem to be acquiring a few more at the moment.
This one has had small white flowers on the end of the stems. It has expanded and found a home in a shady corner of the Agave house. Wikipedia says: "Rhipsalis pilocarpa, the hairy-fruited wickerware cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family that is endemic to Brazil. Scarce in the wild, it is known only in a small number of isolated locations. Its status is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List." World of Succulents says: "Rhipsalis pilocarpa is a cactus that grows as an epiphytic shrub with cylindrical, initially upright, later hanging stems that reach up to 16 inches (40 cm) in length. At the top, stems branch into whorls. The stems and branches are dark green, tinged red in full sun, and covered with white hairs growing from the areoles. Flowers are small, fragrant, white with pink centers, bell-shaped, up to 0.8 inches (2 cm) in diameter, and appear at the end of the branches. Fruits are red to maroon, spherical with bristle-like spines, and up to 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) in diameter." |
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