Another amazing plant from brother Tim. This jungle cactus was a start from a mother plant he’d gotten from Ove and Helen Pearson from their nursery back in the 90s. I’ve had the start for at least 20 years.

This is another case of a plant that doesn’t get enough attention from me. In some early years, it seemed to do well and it would put forth three or more giant, magnificent, glowing magenta flowers. Lately, though, I’m lucky to get one flower from it. I always struggle with how to manage a growing epiphyllum–they ideally should live in a hanging basket or up on a shelf allowed to hang down. I’ve had a lot of damage from slugs and maybe some viral diseases impact this plant, too. The great news is that it grows easily from cuttings and I have the old stock plant and a new cutting started to start 2020 in a promising way

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My 2020 plans for this plant include repotting it into solid pots and potting soil that is 1/3 soil, 1/3 moss, and 1/3 orchid bark and fertilizing it well to hopefully get a strong, good-looking plant and maybe a bunch of flowers next year.