Common name: Thanksgiving Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Epiphyllopsis gaertneri</i> (Regel) A. Berger ex Backeb. & F.M. Knuth, <i>Hatiora gaertneri</i> (Regel) Barthlott
Country of Origin: Brazil
Description: [Syn. Schlumbergera gaertneri, Epiphyllopsis gaertneri, Epiphyllopsis gaertneri, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, Hatiora gaertneri]
Stems flat, jointed, joints ca. 3-5 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide. Flowers expanding, ca. 5 cm long and 4 cm wide, scarlet. The Thanksgiving Cactus, much-hybridized with R. rosea.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9-10
Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Cacteae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, November 14, 2016.
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