Me again....hopefully the photo of my weird plant in question will magically appear....

Wow!!! I'm so proud of myself. My 1st ever photo post!

Congrats, sue, on your first photo post! Hoping to see many more!

Try pseudorhipsalis ramulosa.

Anna

Wow, that's awesome!

Totally COOL!! Looks like a cacti wearing beads!

That is the neatest most unusual plant. And the green seeds against the pink coloring is so attractive. Where on earth did you find that? I want to get one.

Its also called Disocactus ramulosa. I have had this plant for over 10 years.
To retain the darkest pink color, keep the plant in extremely high light, full sun is best.

Thanks all. Now I know what to type into the google line. I was so frustrated looking through all the google images and then the frustration mounted when I was having problems getting my image into this post. I knew someone knowledgeable would be able to help me in my quest to ID this plant.

Thanks bihai for mentioning the care of the plant. I received the same info at Log Cabin Nursery (101 Pasadena Ave S. St. Pete 33707 (727)343-4204-no web site. The owner of Log Cabin is Joan Henniger the Mom of Jene of Jene's Tropicals, one block away. And no, I have no vested interest there but have dropped lots of $ on their beautiful and unique offerings)where I purchased the plant for $35. They had 2 other plants there yesterday, although both looked bleached out and my thought was that they left them outside during the heavy rainfall we had the other day. I've been carrying my plant in under cover so as to not let it get saturated. I have one of the leaves in cacti/succulent soil in hopes of propagating. I'll let you guys know how it goes. I did read that this plant could become invasive as the "little green peas" eventually drop to the ground and then take off.

Anything else I should know bihai? I know it rarely needs to be watered. Is it a slow grower? Need for fertilizer? Think I'll have any luck propagating? Should I transplant to a larger pot?
Back outside........today is our only watering day and my garden is calling me.
Thanks,
Sue

Hello it's been awhile since you posted this comment. Was wondering if you possibly had luck propagating as I was interested in purchasing a plant? Thanks

Several years ago a friend gave me a leaf from her plant and I had no trouble rooting it. When the plant developed "beads" I squeezed several onto the top of the soil. The inside of the bead is very gelatinous.

The next spring I noticed weeds coming up in the basket around the plant. When I got around to removing them the growth was large enough for me to see that it was baby plants - lots of them. Then I remembered squeezing the goo the previous fall.

Would you happen to have a plant for sale?

It does need water, it is not a desert dweller. These tropical cacti are often confused with other plants from arid areas. Cactus are native to the Americas, these type often can be found growing in trees with bromeliads, many are epiphytes from northern South America, the islands, and southeastern Mexico. So like bromeliads they require very well draining soils, they will rot if the soil is long term saturated. That is why a hanging basket is a great way to grow them. But they need high humidity and can take daily rain with little problem in the summer.

Christmas or Easter cactus are also tropical cacti and often fail badly because they are not given enough light and kept in a to wet pot. These plants can't take wet cold conditions. Generally grow it like a bromeliad in a hanging pot in very good light, with lots of humidity. Zones 10 -11 outdoors year round, no frost.