Update: I moved to the Caribbean 11 months ago and brought my sorry, three legged Lepismium?? with me. It's grown a bit but is still a tiny thing. Maybe now we can better ID it??? It hangs happily on a porch, receiving 5 hours of morning sun, then indirect sunlight the rest of the day. I noticed most of the tips and edges have turned reddish since relocation. It also has little white 'beards' all along its stalks. However, it has never flowered. Perhaps it needs more sun? And, by the way, what's up with this Tanzanian Zipper? Those are Echinopsis pups in there with this Tanzanian Zipper. I received it as a cutting with 3 others that died within a week. This one looks the exact same size it looked two years ago! It's still alive but never grew one root and appears to be in a perpetual snooze. Any ideas how I can jolt this one to life? Or perhaps it's time to throw in the towel. If anyone has this succulent, please consider a trade with me...click on my username to get to my profile, where you'll see my trade list. I'd love to own one that actually does something. Peace! - Maria Elena

Okay! Thanks for your input. I just couldn't find one that looked close enough to this species so I just wanted to make sure. And actually this picture was after I cut off the bad parts.The stem was pretty much broken off so I just cut off the gross gooey parts. The rotted parts were turning black and have some white fuzz (mold?) on it. I was too grossed out to remember to take a picture xD Do you think it's too small to make it? My friend was about to throw it out and I wanted to try and save it :o

Look at Tephrocactus articulatus. See this article for variants.

Stefan thanks for the links, interesting and the flowers are lovely. It says to look after them, they need lots of sun, moisture and fresh air. Well up north where my son lives it would get lots and lots of sun and fresh air but not much moisture, sometimes basically nothing in the summer. So thats probably why it's so messy. I like the monstrosa form better, if I could ever like a cactus lol. Kara yes many of the Opuntia are wreaking havoc in pasture, grazing lands and in National Parks too. Sheep, kangaroos you name it are dying slowly from the spines. So I'm going to check the species name against the "Reportable weeds" list, then ring whoever deals with them. Thanks guy's