Epiphyllum the 'Orchid Cactus' - SWAP with me!

This post, 'Epiphyllum the Orchid Cactus' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

Seleniphyllum x cooperi

syn. Epiphyllum crenatum

Family: cactaceae

My Epiphyllum ‘Orchid Cactus’ is an easily cultivated, fast growing epiphyte hybrid. Needs compost containing plenty of humus and sufficient moisture in summer. On the other hand during winter I keep it on limit of starvation and fairly cold 12°C (53,5°F). This together with extra light in the early spring stimulates the budding. Can be grown in semi-shade or full sun. Flowers in late spring or early summer. I actually have them outdoors in flowerboxes and other flower containers all summer long. The Epiphyllum crenatum's natural habitat is south America.

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I wonder if any of you that got some other Epiphyllum hybrids and would like to exchange cuttings?
Please do write to me posttilltyra@hotmail.com any other varieties, colours would be most appreciated !








History about the Epiphyllum crenatum from wikipedia:



"This species was shown at an exhibition at the Horticultural Society's Garden in 1844 and won highest medal for a new introduction. It had been collected in Honduras 5 years earlier by Georges Ule Skinner and sent to Sir Charles Lemon who flowered it for the first time in 1843. Lindley thought it to have originated in the island of Antigua. E. crenatum is the only species of Epiphyllum that has been used in hybridization to any extent. Most of the colored hybrids have mainly Disocactus genes and perhaps better referred to as Disocactus-hybrids rather than Epiphyllum hybrids."






What is an Epiphyllum? Read more about this remarkable plant here at Epiphyllum.com.




and the Epiphyllum even got it's own society in US! Epiphyllum Society of America



A special thank you to my friend Karin Eklund who gave me cuttings from this great plant some ten years ago. She told me that this orchid cactus has been in her home in Österänge since she was a small girl.




TYRA



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