RARE-Rhipsalis crispata--Selby Lineage-SEL 1978-2056-HTF-4 Leaf Segments

Description: These plants are from parent plants at Selby Gardens in Sarasota Florida. Tagged SEL 1978-2056No longer harvested in the wild.Plant is on C.I.T.E.S and cannot be exported from the USAEpiphyte in shaded or open habitat or lithophyte in shaded habitat , 1-2 m long, branching apical or sub-apical, rare lateral.Stem segments flattened in longitudinal section, 0.8-2 mm diam, olive green sometimes with pinkish margin, slightly succulent but midrib stiff, dimorphic or monomorphic, midrib 2.5-5 mm diam, cylindric; primary stem segments up to 50 cm long, 2-winged, cylindric at base, wings 1.5 cm wide; secondary stem segments (10-)11.5-20(-30) cm long, base acute, atenuate or wide atenuate, apex truncate; wings 2, (1.5-)2-5.5 cm wide, margin strong crenate to lobed, undulate or strong undulate, with 4-10(-17) mm projections.Areoles between margin projections, 1.3-5 cm apart, first of segment 0.5-4.5 cm distant from segment base; when sterile 1.3-2.5 mm diam, glabrous or with 1-4 acicular scales; when fertile 2-5 mm diam, with 3 pink acicular scales or scarce hairs at margin, 1-7 flowers/fruits.Flowers 15-17.5 mm diam; pericarpel 3.2-3.5 X 3-4 mm, cylindric to obovoid, yellowish green with dark reddish apex, glabrous; with 2-4 sepaloid tepals, 0.5-2 mm long and 6-7 petaloid tepals, 3-9 X 3-5 mm, wide elliptic or elliptic, sub-erect to reflexed, yellowish with dark reddish apex, apex rounded, curved inwards to cucullate, margin straight or curved inwards.Style 4-5 mm long; stigma with 3-7 lobes, 2.2-2.3 mm long, ligulate, spreading.Ovules in 4 incomplete septa, funicle short (< 0.5 mm long).Stamens 70-80, 4-7 mm long, internal shorter, internal erect and external facing inwards, white.Plant shipped USPS will combine shipping with other orders. NOT RESPONSIBLE for Frozen Plants. Plan accordingly when ordering plant material that temperatures in your area are not below 40 degrees F.

Price: 5 USD

Location: Tarpon Springs, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-25T14:44:17.000Z

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