Pseudorhipsalis horichii
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Pseudorhipsalis horichii is a species of plant in the genus Pseudorhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Pseudorhipsalis horichii grows semi-upright with fleshy, green shoots . The main shoots are round at the base, up to 15 centimeters (or more) long and 4 millimeters wide. The flat, linear to lanceolate, tapered side shoots appear in two rows from the base of the main shoots. They are 1 to 3 inches long and 2 to 4 millimeters wide.
The usually single appearing, wheel-shaped flowers are cream to pink and less than 15 millimeters long. The reddish fruits, which are slightly compressed at the sides, become 6 millimeters long.
Distribution and systematics
Pseudorhipsalis horichii is common in Costa Rica . The first description as Disocactus horichii was published in 1979 by Myron William Kimnach . Wilhelm Barthlott placed the species in 1991 in the genus Pseudorhipsalis .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 551 .