The flashy flowers have long had their admirers ... Then there’s the common name, “orchid cactus.” The plants have nothing in common with orchids except for gorgeous flowers, but were ...

Trouble is, this is an orchid cactus with a ... where its long, flat, trailing stems could arch gracefully into the filtered light. Snails regard the plants as lollipops, so a hanging basket ...

The orchid cactus grows at a moderate rate. The cactus’s stems reach 18 to 30 inches long when grown indoors. In nature, ...

The stems are long ... of the orchid cactus in the genus Epiphyllum. This plant is a trailing epiphyte that comes from the rain forests of Central and South America. It grows on other plants ...

While most plants flower for weeks, orchid ... cactus on the fourth floor began pushing out a single green bud that hung down from its fleshy stem. She photographed as it extended four inches long.

After years of careful experimentation, the Desert Botanical Garden has celebrated a milestone in its effort to save an ...

Morrell, a long-time collector, has a passion for the caudiciforms, plants that store water ... burro’s tail and rat’s tail cactus (Mexico); orchid cactus (Central America); and Christmas ...