Mistletoe Cactus
Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- 46 cm
Cactaceae
Also called Mistletoe cactus
Formerly Cassytha baccifera, Cereus baccifer
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent epiphyte or lithophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. America, Africa, Sri LankaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Cola de caballo
- root
- tzalelte
- Portuguese
- Cacto-macarrão, Charango, Conambaia
- Finnish
- hiuskorallikaktus
- Czech
- ripsalis bobulonosný
- Chinese (China)
- 丝苇
- Chinese
- 絲葦, 垂枝綠珊瑚, 丝苇
- Swedish
- korallkaktus
- Japanese
- イトアシ（糸葦）
- Russian
- Рипсалис ягодоносный
- Slovak
- ripsalka bobuľnatá
- French
- La perle
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Rhipsalis baccifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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