That's a tough one. Give it to Rhipsalis Planet on Facebook, they will nail it.

I think they may have to see it bloom. Like Huernia, they all look alike until they bloom.

Nah? I've been in that group for 2+ years sndand not seen one ask for a flower.

I only have one red one and know little about them.

I have it labeled wrong in picture.

That's no Rhipsalis flower, they are small, much smaller than that.

Stush,

That plant is gorgeous!

I think Rob is right abt that, maybe this an Orchid cactus Stush (sorry, don't know its botanical name). Epiphyllum something or other.

It's rhipsalis micrantha. It blooms around June.

The Momma:

Unfortunately, this season it developed a fungus during a rainy time outdoors, maybe powdery mildew. I am thinking of a severe trim and restarting any clean segments in a new pot.

-Nancy

I have posted the top plant to Planet Rhipsalis, let me check back this evening. From that lovely flower that is an Epi hybrid, Stush.

Nan is right Rhipsalis macrantha.

Thank you everybody!

Since there is already an active Rhipsalis thread, we may as well append our query here. The plant below was given to us originally as R. agudoensis, but then we were told that the originating nursery had revised this ID because that species is very rare and switched to calling the plant Hatiora sp. Just looking at the flowers though, any Rhipsalis seems to make more sense, so hopefully the experts can clarify.

CasaLester, I think you'd get more views to figure out its ID if you started your own thread and posted your photo as it would be shown on the cue of threads. Its a beautiful plants though, I hope you get its name.

Les, I've tried to keep up with the updates on that plant, which I originally bought in 2016 from Tropiflora as Rhipsalis agudoensis but that they've since revised as you noted to Hatiora. Have copied below some of the comments they've published on the matter, and it sounds to me like the ID of these plants is still in flux. In case you want to email or call them to get more information, the catalog number of the plant I bought and shared with you was 7895.

HATIORA SPECIES (OLD AGUDOENSIS)

A rare species from Rio Grande do Sul in Southern Brazil where it grows as an epiphyte and lithophyte. A very handsome species with short, flattened, segmented stems that later become three or four angled with age. New growth tends to be reddish. Upright at first then becoming pendant with maturity. There is some question about this species taxonomic place and future nomenclature changes may be made, but for now at least, this is the accepted name for this taxa. A choice, decorative and hard to find plant.

They've since listed a Rhipsalis agudoensis on their site as follows: https://tropiflora.com/collections/succulents/products/rhipsalis-agudoensis-1

"This is the real agudoensis known from only one location on a hill from Agudo in the center of the state of Rio Grande de Sul. It is similar in appearance to cereoides, but the new leaves come our red and then turn to green. It has 3-4 angled stems with white flowers and magenta-pink fruit.

We have another species we have been calling agudoensis but are now considering it to be a Hatiora."

Does this have anything to do with my original identification request?

I was just responding to CasaLester's question since I'm the one who gave him the plant he was asking about. Sorry to hijack your thread.

Thanks, Karen, for providing these details. It does not make much sense to switch their ID from a very specific, supposedly rare species all the way to a different genus, now without any species identification. They do not provide any rationale for claiming that this is now a Hatiora and not a Rhipsalis anymore. It is hard to have much confidence in what that nursery says.

Tropiflora does not have a good history with proper identification.

For example, this summer, I bought, from them, what was supposed to be an Amydrium (vining aroid) and they sent me an Anthurium, and they would not accept responsibility.

Plants (and animals, etc) are always undergoing name changes, yes, but when independent businesses take it unto themselves to change names, that's when it gets messy.

Les, I’ve been buying plants from Tropiflora onsite and online for many years and have always found the folks there to be very accommodating. I bet you could get more info on the provenance and circumstances that prompted the change if you call them. I only posted the one paragraph I had copied into my records and they may well have supportive information.

I have, too, and am actually friends with some of them, but unfortunately they deny any responsibility for sending an Anthurium instead of Amydrium. It was just very strange.

Here's one of my rhipsalis that is in bloom now,i have 3 other ones/kinds and they all bloom so differently.I really like the red on this one.

Turns Red in the Sun. Gorgeous when red. Under stress succulents turn red.

Stush's plant with the large red flowers probably belongs to the genus Nopalxochia.