Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The stems of the plant are ascending or climbing.Its branches are in clusters at intervals along the stem, to 1 m long or more, 7–15 cm wide, flat with few aerial roots; the lobes are 25–45 mm long and 10–16 mm wide, somewhat tapered towards the rounded apex; areoles are small; epidermis is green to yellowish green, smooth.
Disocactus anguliger (syn. Epiphyllum anguliger), commonly known as the fishbone cactus or zig zag cactus, is a cactus species native to Mexico. The species is commonly grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers in the fall.
Fishbone cactus or zig-zag cactus is the common name of several cacti: Disocactus anguliger; Selenicereus anthonyanus; Weberocereus imitans This page was last edited ...
Here's your flowering cactus guide, including the best types of blooming cacti to grow indoors as houseplants. These 10 Flowering Cacti Will Spice Up Your Houseplant Collection Skip to main content
Brace roots may remain aerial or penetrate the soil as they perform root functions such as anchorage and resource acquisition. Although brace root development in soil or aerial environments influences function, a lot is still unknown about how their anatomy, architecture and development contributes to their function. The physiology of brace ...
Many species form aerial roots. The hylocereoid clade ( Selenicereus , Weberocereus and probably Aporocactus ) are mostly climbing or epiphytic , and have spiny ribbed stems. The phyllocactoid clade ( Epiphyllum , Disocactus , Kimnachia and Pseudorhipsalis ) are mainly epiphytic, and have spineless flattened leaf-like stems.
It used to be the only species in the genus Chiapasophyllum, in addition to a former inclusion in the genus Selenicereus (commonly referred to as the fishbone, ric-rac or zig-zag cacti), but molecular phylogenetic studies show that it belongs to Epiphyllum.
Weberocereus imitans, commonly known as fishbone cactus or zig-zag cactus, is an epiphytic cactus native to Costa Rica. [1] Its flower is small compared with the other two "fishbone cacti", Selenicereus anthonyanus and Disocactus anguliger .