{"id":4183,"date":"2025-10-26T20:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T01:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T01:06:21","slug":"rhipsalis-is-tribe-rhipsalideae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/rhipsalis-is-tribe-rhipsalideae\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhipsalis Is Tribe Rhipsalideae"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Photograph =\u00a0Rhipsalis sp from Brazil)<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n

The subfamily Cactoideae includes mostly arid-adapted cacti. The tribe Rhipsalideae, however, is a small group of four genera that grow in humid habitats. These plants are typically epiphytes (or lithophytes) in tropical rainforests. Although succulent, they are not desert-adapted; instead, they are adapted to the intermittent water scarcity that occurs in the forest canopy between rains.<\/p>\n

The Details<\/h3>\n

The four genera in Rhipsalideae are Hatiora<\/em>, Lepismium<\/em>, Schlumbergera<\/em>, and Rhipsalis<\/em>. Rhipsalis<\/em> contains the most species (several dozen), and most members of the tribe have been placed in Rhipsalis<\/em> at one time or another. Flowers are generally small.<\/p>\n

Rhipsalis<\/em> plants are known as the mistletoe cacti because they can resemble leafless mistletoes and often bear small, white berries; some species have yellow or reddish fruits.<\/p>\n

Plant form is variable. Most commonly, they are hanging plants with cylindrical, triangular, or flattened stems. Stems may drape many feet, forming veils of vegetation that cascade from tree limbs.<\/p>\n

Some Rhipsalis<\/em> make good houseplants because they tolerate low light and grow well in small pots.<\/p>\n

Other hanging cacti\u2014such as Pseudorhipsalis<\/em>\u2014belong to the tribe Hylocereeae and are not especially closely related to Rhipsalis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Additional Reading:\u00a0Stem Anatomy of Rhipsalis<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Rhipsalis <\/a>
Rhipsalis puniceo-discus, David Midgley <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rhipsalis <\/a>
Rhipsalis pilocarpa, Fiona J Lowrie <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rhipsalis <\/a>
Rhipsalis floccosa, Stuart <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rhipsalis <\/a>
Rhipsalis baccifera, Frank Vincentz <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Pseudorhipsalis, <\/a>
Pseudorhipsalis, Forest and Kim Starr <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rhipsalis <\/a>
Rhipsalis teres, Kerry Woods <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photograph =\u00a0Rhipsalis sp from Brazil) Introduction The subfamily Cactoideae includes mostly arid-adapted cacti. The tribe Rhipsalideae, however, is a small group of four genera that grow in humid habitats. These plants are typically epiphytes (or lithophytes) in tropical rainforests. Although succulent, they are not desert-adapted; instead, they are adapted to the intermittent water scarcity that occurs in the forest canopy between rains. The Details The four genera in Rhipsalideae are Hatiora, Lepismium, Schlumbergera, and Rhipsalis. Rhipsalis contains the most species (several dozen), and most members of the tribe have been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,28],"class_list":["post-4183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cacti","tag-house-plant","tag-south-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Rhipsalis-angatuba-brazil.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6966,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions\/6966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}