Rhipsalis teres f heteroclada
(Br&R)Barth&Taylor


◊ Bradleya 13:65 (1995)
◊◊ Rhipsalis heteroclada Br&R - Cact. 4:224 (1923)
Rhipsalis conferta SD - Cact. Hort. Dyck. 229 (1850)

- Pendant, 1-1.5 m long, dark green, donkergroen, red around the areoles. Primary segments 8-22 mm long, 3 mm diameter, secundary segments 8-22 cm long, 3 mm diameter. Areoles small, sometimes with 1 bristly spine. Flower larger, yellowish, terminal. Ovary green, 2 mm long. Fruit white, globose, 5-6 mm diameter.

- Brazil: Ilha Grande. Epiphytic and epilithic. Flowering period June to October.

Cact 4:224, plate 23, 25, 32
Backeberg 2:657
KuaS 13(5):67"
Bradleya 13:56"
Succulenta 97(1):44