Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Rhipsalis pilocarpa is a flowering plant in the genus rhipsalis from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Rhipsalis pilocarpa grows as a small constant epiphytic shrub with upright at first and later on arching stems. The dirty gray green shoots are slender cylindrical, completely turning around, up to 4 inches long and 0.6 inches in diameter. At the top they branch in whorls. The 8 to 10 almost always clearly pronounced ribs are finely striated in longitudinal and transverse direction. The green, slightly woolly areoles are occasionally tinged with purple. From them spring from 3 to 10 gray to white, bristle-like spines.
The fragrant, white, terminal flowers appear singly or in pairs and reach a diameter of 2.5 to 4 centimeters. Your Perikarpell is busy with bristle-like spines.
The wine-red, berry -like fruits are spherical and filled with bristle-like spines. They have a length and a diameter of about 12 millimeters. The fruits contain fairly large black seeds.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Rhipsalis pilocarpa is spread from the northeast to the southeast of Brazil, but is rare. The first description was published in 1903 by Albert Löfgren ( 1854-1918 ). A synonym is Erythrorhipsalis pilocarpa ( Loefgr. ) A. Berger.
Rhipsalis pilocarpa is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, endangered classified.