Rhipsalis floccosa
Rhipsalis floccosa
Rhipsalis floccosa is a flowering plant in the genus rhipsalis from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Rhipsalis floccosa growing epiphytic or lithophytic, with richly branched, upright at first and later arching stems of limited growth that branch exclusively akroton. The cylindrical, slender, turning round, green shoots often have slightly raised bumps on below the flaky leaf rudiments. They are up to 25 centimeters long and 5-6 millimeters in diameter. To the depressed woolly areoles that bear no bristles, the shoots sometimes tinted red or purple.
The greenish white to creamy white or golden yellow flowers appear at the side and reach a diameter of 1.5 to 2 inches. The spherical, white, red or slightly pink fruits reach a diameter of up to 1 centimeter.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Rhipsalis floccosa is common in Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia. The first description was published in 1837 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer. We distinguish the following sub- types:
- Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. floccosa
- Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. hohenauensis
- Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. oreophila
- Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. pittieri
- Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. pulvinigera
- Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. tucumanensis
Rhipsalis floccosa is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as "Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, not compromised classified.