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Rhipsalis russellii


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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Rhipsalideae
Distribution: Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais - Brazil (South America)
Habit: Flattened-Leaflike
Flower: WhiteEncounterability: Rare
Original Description: The Cactaceae 4 p.242 - Britton & Rose (1920)
Hanging in great clusters from the horizontal branches of trees; branches strongly flattened, 15 cm long, 5 to 6 cm broad, cuneate at base, strongly crenate, dark green or purplish along margins; flowers often 9 at an areole, minute; sepals few, obtuse, reddish at tips; petals usually 5, cream-colored, obtuse, 2 mm long; fruit usually 1 at an areole, small globose, 5 to 6 mm in diameter, purple.
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Rhipsalis russellii
R. russellii
Picture taken at: Habitat in Mucuge, Bahia - Brazil

Photographer: Gilberto Coster
Rhipsalis russellii
R. russellii
Picture taken at: Habitat in Mucuge, Bahia - Brazil

Photographer: Gilberto Coster

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