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Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri (Regel) Vaupel.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Thanksgiving Cactus
- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Brazil
- Habitat:
- Description: [Syn. Schlumbergera gaertneri, Epiphyllopsis gaertneri, Epiphyllopsis gaertneri, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, Hatiora gaertneri]
Stems flat, jointed, joints ca. 3-5 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide. Flowers expanding, ca. 5 cm long and 4 cm wide, scarlet. The Thanksgiving Cactus, much-hybridized with R. rosea.
Restrictions:- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}
Accession Data:- Accession # 198501487
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1320 - NEO:Guyana Highlands C
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 08-27-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Cacteae
- SubTribe:
References:page generated on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:16 -0500
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