Plantsnap – Identify Plants, Trees, Mushrooms With An App

Mistletoe cactus (Rhipsalis burchellii)

Description

Rhipsalis burchellii grows epiphytic with numerous, weak, hanging, richly branched, in whorls arranged or forked branching shoots At the shoot tips sit composite areoles The light green to some purple shoots are long, drehrund, very slender and hardly succulent. The main drives are up to 60 inches long. The outermost side shoots reach a length of 6 centimeters and have a diameter of 1 to 2 millimeters. The areoles are intentional, but not bristled.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Rhipsalis