I forgot that Disocactus is being used now. It also appears that the habit of yours is not uncharacteristic - it is probably the straight D. phyllanthoides. True Epiphyllum tend to be nocturnal flowering and white. The name Epicactus has been come up with for the many hybrid orchid cacti involving multiple genera. Here is a link that might be useful: Bing Pictures of Disocactus phyllanthoides This post was edited by bboy on Mon, May 5, 14 at 13:38

Thank you, Rosemariero.I think it looks good too and look forward to seeing it bloom some time. It was the HTML link I copied. Since it was a long time since I posted to this forum I had forgotten where the Browse was for adding images to a message. I only have 3 types of cacti: Nopalxochia, Holiday Cactus (blooms in November so it is called November Cactus here) and the Mammillaria Longimamma. The first 2 thrive on coffee grounds, the Mammillaria on my urine diluted with 30 parts water as it likes slightly alkaline soil and I use no commercial fertilizer for any of my propagation. Otherwise I would have uploaded directly from My images (or perhaps it is My pictures in English?) as I usually do. I much prefer that alternative. Before I found Browse I tried copying and pasting the Direct link on Photobucket. It works but the picture is not shown in the message but a link to it. Browsing gets the picture shown in the message which is what I want done.

I agree, an Epi hybrid, possibly multigeneric, including Disocactus (Nopalxochia) kimnachii in its pedigree as well as Epiphyllum. There are a number of xEpicactus hybrids with that flower form and color pattern, but the one from my books that comes closest is xEpicactus 'Marseillaise', on page 94 of of Innes & Glass's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti. But this is a guess. If you can find a copy of this book, in the library, you may find one that is closer. Happy Growing! John in St Petersburg

Sam, I let mine rest in the winter and start feeding them again about mid to late Feb. I feed them something with low to no nitrogen (1st number in the 0-10-10 mix). That's supposed to help them get ready to bloom instead of more green growth. Then you feed them something with nitrogen after they bloom and again rest them in winter. Epies by Pat - http://www.epies.net has a very good secton of grwoing suggestions and http://gotepis.com/ has a message board for people into epies. There are some gorgeous pics on those sites too! The only stapeliad (carrion) plant I have is the Huernia schneideriana aka Monkey Tail aka Red Dragon flower. It's super easy, not fussy like I've heard the others are and the darkest red blooms! The lady that gave it to me gave me one long tail and it bloomed the very first year. If you want to look into another neat plant look up Ripsalis. It's another epiphytic (like epies) that I really like. Some of them remind me of the plants in the old Dr. Seuss cartoons, lol. Some of the flat leaf forms look kind of like a mini epie.