Rhipsalis Pulvinigerum, Mistletoe Cactus

Rhipsalis baccifera ssp. Mauritiana is a native of Brazil and is a beautiful easy-care plant wIth cactus-like trailing leaves. It's a very fast grower and with a little care . it will thrive in a small pot for years. We love this plant for its easy care nature and unusual almost alien-like appearance providing interesting structure and shape. It works well as a potted plant or as a hanging plant. In the wild it's native to Brazil . where it lives in tropical subtropical or tropical forests . hanging or hanging on branches or growing in the hollow of old trees. The main threat to the species is deforestation. In its native habitat . it can be found growing along tree branches as an epiphyte . never harming its host but growing in harmony adding to the biomass and diversity of an ecosystem. Rhipsalis will grow in almost any light condition making it ideal as a houseplant and it travelled around the world being cultivated into many forms as a houseplant. It will . however . grow best in b