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Epiphyllum oxypetalum is an easily cultivated, fast growing Epiphyllum. It flowers in late spring through late summer; large specimens can produce several crops of flowers in one season. This is a widely cultivated Epiphyllum species. It is known to have medicinal properties in many Asian cultures, including India, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
Downer is the New Jersey state soil. The Downer has four soil horizons: Surface layer: dark grayish brown loamy sand; Subsurface layer: grayish brown sandy loam; Subsoil - upper: yellowish brown gravelly sandy loam; Subsoil - lower: yellowish brown sand and coarse sand; The Downer Series was established in 1960 in Gloucester County. Downer ...
Nutrients in the soil are taken up by the plant through its roots, and in particular its root hairs.To be taken up by a plant, a nutrient element must be located near the root surface; however, the supply of nutrients in contact with the root is rapidly depleted within a distance of ca. 2 mm. [14] There are three basic mechanisms whereby nutrient ions dissolved in the soil solution are brought ...
Another native species to consider is the Fothergilla major, also known as witch-alder.It is in the same family as witch-hazel. This is an excellent shrub for the residential landscape. The ...
Epiphyllum (/ ˌ ɛ p ɪ ˈ f ɪ l əm /; [3] "upon the leaf" in Greek) is a genus of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to Central America and South America. Common names for these species include climbing cacti, orchid cacti and leaf cacti, though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia.
A plant called Epiphyllum splendidus was crossed with Disocactus crenatus by Hovey & Co. of Boston in about 1870, [9] [10] but the so-called "Epiphyllum" is actually a reddish-flowered form of Disocactus. [10] Edward Frederick Anderson thinks Pseudorhipsalis spp. are in the parentage of epiphyllum hybrids. [11]
An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phorophytes.