Epiphyllum Haworth (1812)
(Greek epi = on; Greek phyllon = leaf)
leaf cactus
because the flowers appear at the leaf like, flattened sprouts and the plants grow often on trees
epiphyte, sprouts thin, narrow, 2- 3-edged
wild forms excepting the seedlings with less spines; only some bristles
flowers in the night, very long tubes, ovary bald, fruits red
fruit flesh adhesive, white or red; seed inside the fruit flesh, black |
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