Epiphyllum laui
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Epiphyllum laui is a species of plant in the genus Epiphyllum from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The epithet of the species honors the botanist Alfred Bernhard Lau .
description
Epiphyllum laui grows both epiphytically and lithophytically . The shoots branch out basally or laterally and are 1 to 2 centimeters narrow and cylindrical at the base with a diameter of 0.6 to 0.9 centimeters. Above that, the soft-fleshed shoots are flattened, linear and 5 to 7 centimeters wide. They are bright green and have a protruding central rib. Their edges are lobed and wavy. The hair-like, brownish-yellow 1 to 5 thorns on the shoots are 3 to 5 millimeters long.
The funnel-shaped flowers open in the evening and stay open for at least two days. They reach a length of 15 to 16 centimeters and a diameter of 14 to 16 centimeters. The outer bracts are reddish orange to yellow, the inner bracts are white with a yellowish tinge. The carmine-red fruits are elongated and 4 to 8 inches long.
Distribution and systematics
Epiphyllum laui is distributed in the Mexican state of Chiapas at altitudes of 2200 meters. The first description was published in 1990 by Myron William Kimnach (* 1922).
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 251 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 148-151, Los Angeles 1990
