Epiphyllum columbiense
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Epiphyllum columbiense is a species of plant in the genus Epiphyllum from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet columbiense means '(lat. Columbianus) occurring in Colombia'.
description
Epiphyllum columbiense grows epiphytically with richly branched, 1 to 2 meter long hanging shoots . The main shoots are round at the base and petioles are 1 to 3 centimeters long. The delicate, linear to elongated, flattened side shoots are 7 to 10 centimeters long and 1.5 to 4.5 centimeters wide. Their edge is lobed and serrated. The areoles are 2 to 4 centimeters apart.
The salver-shaped, fragrant flowers are white. They are 7 to 10 centimeters long and 1.5 to 5 centimeters in diameter. Your flower tube is slender. The ellipsoidal, red, ribbed fruits are 2 centimeters to 4 centimeters in diameter.
Distribution and systematics
Epiphyllum columbiense is common in Colombia and Ecuador at altitudes of up to 700 meters. The first description as Phyllocactus phyllanthus var. Columbiensis was published in 1898 by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber . Calaway H. Dodson and Alwyn Howard Gentry elevated the variety to the rank of a species in 1977.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 250 .