Accession Data

Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri

Common Name: Thanksgiving Cactus

Family: Cactaceae

Synonym(s): Epiphyllopsis gaertneri (Regel) A. Berger ex Backeb. & F.M. Knuth, Hatiora gaertneri (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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-10

Accession #: 198501487

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3307

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Cactaceae

SubFamily: Cactoideae

Tribe: Cacteae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, November 14, 2016.

Images

Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri