Epiphyllum costaricense
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Epiphyllum costaricense is a species of plant in the genus Epiphyllum from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet costaricense, Latin costaricensis, means 'native to Costa Rica'.
description
Epiphyllum costaricense has bushy branches with shoots up to 2 (rarely 3.75) meters long . The main shoots are long rotating at the base. The areoles are in 5 to 6 rows and have bristles. The thin-fleshed green side shoots are 25 to 75 centimeters long and 9 to 12.5 centimeters wide. Their edges are slightly indented and brownish horny. The areoles are 4 to 6 centimeters apart.
The funnel-shaped flowers are up to 26 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 26 centimeters. Your pericarpel is covered with some hair in the armpits of the lowest scales. Your flower tube is curved. The outer bracts are salmon-colored and have a yellowish tip. The inner bracts are white. The ellipsoidal, red, slightly ribbed fruits are 7 centimeters in diameter and 9 centimeters long.
Distribution and systematics
Epiphyllum costaricense is distributed in Costa Rica , Panama and Colombia at altitudes of 650 to 1200 meters. The first description as Phyllocactus costaricensis was published in 1902 by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in the genus Epiphyllum in 1913 .
Epiphyllum costaricense is closely related to Epiphyllum thomasianum .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 250 .