Pfeiffera paranganiensis

(Card)Heath

◊ Calyx 4(4):158 (1994)
◊◊ Acanthorhipsalis paranganiensis Card - Cactus 34(7):126 (1952)
Rhipsalis paranganiensis (Card)Kimn - CSJ(USA) 55(4):181 (1983)
Lepismium paranganiense (Card)Barth - Bradleya 5:99 (1987)

- Initially upright, later hanging, green. Main stem 1,2 cm diameter. Stems flat or three- to four-angled, deeply crenated, with sharp edges. Areoles 2,5-4 cm apart, with a small scale of 1 mm long. Spines 1-4, yellow-brown, of which two thinner ones curving and 4-5 mm long, the two others straight recht and 7-10 mm long. Flower apical, up to 2 cm long, cream-white with reddish hue. Receptacle five-angled, 6-7 mm long, upper part with pointed scales and short spines. Stamens yellow. Pistil cream. Fruit 8 mm long, 10 mm diameter, greenish brown-yellow. Seed with very oblique hilum, 1,8x1x0,5 mm, dark red-brown.

- Bolivia: Parangani (Cochabamba), 2600 m; Ayopaya, 2600 m; Inquisivi (La Paz 2000 m). Epiphytic and terrestric, up to 3000 m.
Flowering period august.

Backeberg 2:700"
CSJ(USA) 51:90; 55(4):177-182, 56(6):210'
Bradleya 5:97-100; 13:46; 18:12
KuaS 49(1):2"
Succulenta 66(2):27; 77(1):14; 97(5):238"
Bradleya 18:12
NCL 233"