Common name: Chain Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Brazil
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9b-10
Source: Unknown
Provenance:
Restrictions:
Culture:
Epiphytic, regularly moist well drained media. Winter dormant; prefers temps around 48F, reduced water and no fertilizer.
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Rhipsalideae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 11 December, 2019.
- Rhipsalis.com. Last accessed on Wednesday, 11 December, 2019.
- Wikispecies/ Last accessed on Wednesday, 11 December, 2019.
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