Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis ssp catenulata
(Kimn)Barth&Taylor


◊ Bradleya 13:59 (1995)
◊◊ Rhipsalis paradoxa catenulata Kimn - CSJ(USA) 64:91 (1992)

- Up to 1.2 m long or longer. Segments in groups od 2-6, 15-100 cm or longer, 5-7 mm diameter, whith rugose light green to yellow-green surface. Segments three- to five-angled, with podaria that form 15-25 mm long facets. Areoles with some wool, when flowering somewhat sunken. Spines up to 3, 0.5-2 mm long. Flower lateral, protruding through epidermis, 6-8 mm long, 7-9 mm broad, pink-cream. Stamens and pistil cream. Fruit sunken in epidermis until ripe, 5 mm long and broad, whitish tot dark pink on the tip, translucent. Seed black.

- Brazil: Domingos Martins (Espírito Santo), Nova Friburgo (Rio de Janeiro), in mata Atlântica.

NCL 256"
CEB 215, 232''
Succulenta 97(2):164", 165, (5):226
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)