Schlumbergera russelliana
Schlumbergera russelliana
Schlumbergera russelliana is a flowering plant in the genus Schlumbergera from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Schlumbergera russelliana growing epiphyte with richly branched stems. The oval to elongated drive sections, 1 to 3.8 centimeters long and 0.8 to 2 inches wide. In one or two notches on the edges are areoles with one or two bristles. The areole at the shoot tip is linear, assembled and covered with some bright bristles.
The hanging, somewhat bell- shaped pink flowers are radial symmetry. They are up to 5 inches long and can reach a diameter of 3 to 4 inches. The barely visible flower tube gives the impression that is, whether two flowers were clipped together. The green Perikarpell is four - or five -edged. The spherical to slightly flattened fruits are greenish yellow and four or fünfflügelig.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Schlumbergera russelliana is widespread in Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro at altitudes from 1400 to 2100 meters.
The first description as Epiphyllum russellianum was published in 1839 by William Jackson Hooker. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose they put 1913 in the genus Schlumbergera.
A synonym is, among other things Schlumbergera Lem epiphylloides. (1858, nom. Illeg. ICBN article 52.1).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is called " Endangered ( EN ) ', ie performed as endangered.