Rhipsalis occidentalis
Barth&Rauh


◊◊ KuaS 38(1):16-19 (1987)

- Pendant, up to 1 m or longer. Segments always flat, thin, with acrotonic branching, 6-12 cm long, up to 6,5 cm broad, dark green. Flower 8 mm long, 1 cm diameter. Petals translucent white. Stamens whitish. Pistil whitish. Ovary cylindric, greenish white, naked. Fruit at firt brown-red, when ripe off-white, ±7 mm diameter. Seed 1,3x0,5 mm. Self-fertile.

- Peru: San Martín, 800 m; Ecuador: Sucua, Napo, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe; Surinam, 950 m.

Bradleya 5:98"; 13:60, 62
NCL 256
EPIG 62:25 Calvente 2010'
Succulenta 98(4):246