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Life Form
Family
Ornamental - It is used houseplant.
Brazil
Thrives in the wet tropical biome, grows on rocks or trees in the wild.
It is epiphytic cactus (grows on trees in the wild).
Stem is segmented, flattened to round in cross-section, dark and glossy green.Two teeth at the tip of each segment. Graceful and arching.
Leafless - Photosynthesis occurs in the stems.
Flowers are bilaterally symmetrical, hooded, tubular shape, 7-12 cm long, 4.5 cm wide. Colors: red, pink, purple, or multicolored. Style purple, ovary round. Receptacle (base of flower) 4 cm long. Borne at stem joints and ends.
Flowering: November-February.