Epiphyllum pumilum

Br&R

◊◊ Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:258 (1913)
Phyllocactus pumilus (Br&R)Vpl - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 23:116 (1913)
Epiphyllum caudatum Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:256 (1913)
Phyllocactus caudatus (Br&R)Vpl - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 23:116 (1913)

- to 5 m long, main stem round. Stems 10-60 cm long, 8,5 cm broad, crenate. Flower 10-15 cm long, 4 cm diameter. Receptacle 6 cm long, green-white to reddish. Outer petals linear, green-white to reddish. Inner petals lanceolate, to 4 cm long, white. Style thin, white. Fruit shiny cherry-red, five to seven angled, with some very small scales. Pulpa white. Seed small, black.

- Mexico: Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tobasco, Veracruz; Guatemala: Izabal, Alta Verapaz; Belize. Flowering time: June.

Cact. 4:189'
Ep. Hb. 151"
Backeberg 2:747
Bravo 1:488, 505, 506"
NCL 105"
EPIG 6(1):22
EPIG 12(3):95 (E. caudatum)
Succulenta 67(11):243', 244 (E. caudatum)