I think I have an Epiphyllum. It sort of resembles a Christmas Cactus, but he leaves are not segmented, and are twisted. It had yellow blooms at the ends of a 'stem', and now has round pink bulbus growth where the bloom was. Is this an Epiphyllum? I also have another plant I cannot identify and any help would be appreciated. It has segmented leaves like CC but they are LARGE. (3 1/2 X 5 inches) When it blooms it has tiny little pale yellow blooms at each point all around the leaf, not just at the end. If this isn't the place to find this info, please direct me to the correct forum. Tnanks.

Many different Cacti were used in making some of the Epiphyllum hybrids, even some terrestrial cacti were used in order to get certain colored flowers. Some epies are not flat by nature, not all are. I have some epies with both flat and tri-winged stems on the same plant. Some hybrids have up to six or seven. It all depends upon what parentage was used in getting the hybrid. Your plant probably has Hylocereus in the ancestry.

This is my EPI, I purchased it in a 8" hanging basket about 6 yrs ago. It's never bloomed. I recently took it up to the local greenhouse. They have one that's just beautiful. They treated plant for mites , repotted and fertilized for me. I keep it in the south window, per their suggestion. The plant they have is loaded with beautiful red blooms.This room stays around 67 in winter months. We live in Wisconsin. The soils is compose made at greenhouse with terra-Cotta pieces mixed in soil. The advise I've been given is from the local Greenhouse. She was kind enough to send me home with a small bag of fertilizer to feed plant, she also stated to mist all plants including this one with rubbing alcohol to kill mites. Do this for 2 weeks 1 time a week make sure plant is well misted. I'd love to see blooms on this beautiful cactus

Yes, you will just need to be patient with these plants. From cuttings it can take three years to bloom. Like the previous posters said, they need to be potbound and attain a certain size before they have the resources to hold the buds and flower. You may only get one flower at first, but as the plant grows in size, it will be able to support many more. Some people put multiple cuttings in one pot, but one cutting is fine too. Once it is established it will quickly send up lots of shoots from its base. These will cascade over the side of the pot and soon you will have a specimen plant that you will not have room for! This plant only had three blooms last year.