She says its has a single pink flower that's gorgeous that was open for a day

Trim away any dead stuff and repot into a slightly larger pot with fresh soil (the easiest to make would be 50% cactus soil and 50% perlite - as this is a jungle cactus, its soil component can be heavy on the organics and bark/peat muck that many commercial cactus mixes contain.

Thanks, they live outside as long as temps permit, with a nice view of the ocean ( lucky plants ) , I was thinking THE Gritty mix, but for ease of movement The 50/50 will be great for them(aunt/uncle) A wee bit lighter and easier considering the amount of other pots she has, thanks again

No, don't use gritty mix per se for it. It's a jungler, it wants more moisture than most C&S, hence my suggestion. The weight difference between the two is nominal.

This is why I asked :)

I misread your comment above - sorry for the vehemence, but radicalism in the defense of cactus is no vice, or something like that.

Oh no worries at all !!!

Only reason I thought about the gritty was there has been a lot of rain there as of late and she was concerned about it getting waterlogged, I love my plants and everybody else's, I'm still learning, I'll forever be learning so I'll take any and all advice or criticism ..after all, it's about their health.. You all are my teachers and for that, I thank you!

They are from a rainy place.They need drainage , but rain they can do. I use pine bark landscape mulch in the mix along with the cactus soil and perlite. They like to live in trees. The other problem with your plant might be that there are too many individual plants in the pot. People will put multiple cuttings in a pot and then they get way over crowded. I find that they bloom better if the plants have not thaT over population going on. I got one from a swap that the woman was upset over because it never bloomed. There were 15 individual plants in that hanging pot. I got it down to three and it was a blooming fool. I have another E oxipetalum that has had a flush of 50+ flowers at one time. IT is the only plant in a 15 gallons pot. It is BIG.

Would orchid bark be sutible in the mix? I have a ton of it of various sizes and also some super fine bark fines,,but that just floats to the top usually so I stopped using it and just broke up pieces of orchid bark into bigger sizes

When I go to their house next week I plant on attacking her whole selection and" fixing" what I can. She's had these guys for years and years. It I want her to have the happiest plant possible and with my uncles parkensons she's had to shift her focus a little so I want to do the best I can for them....happy plants, happy home:)

Orchid bark broken up into cactus soil and chunky perlite or pumice is good. Because the bark will break down, one will need to do a repot in three years or so.

I think I see a little pink bud there.

I have a bunch of epis in aggregate medium like gritty. They grow just fine in it. Although I would swap out the chicken grit for pumice. It holds a bit more water.

I put a bunch in baskets recently and I'm trying out a lightweight cymbidium mix of 2 part coconut husk chunks : 1 part #2 perlite. I have a feeling it will work out well.

I think there's a couple lil buds,,hope the bloom, she's giving me a bunch of cuttings so um going to try one of everyone's suggestions and see what to be seen. It's not the best photo but looks like a bunch of new growth on the bottom of the pot. Can't wait to get down there and start playing.

@ nil,,that's good because I lack grit, but have some pumice I can use.. Thank you!

I like the coconut coir that is really chunky. Not the sound up stuff.

Is there a brand you prefer better than others ?