The word epiphyllum means "on the leaf," and refers to the way the flowers just pop out from ... little effort on my part. Tropical cactus. Although orchid cactuses, or epies (short for ...

(Watch timelapse video) The orchid cactus flowers in hopes of reproducing. Its’ strong, sweet smell meant to draw pollinators, like birds and bugs, close. “When it opens up, you can smell it.

with a few such as orchid cactus adapted to more humid climes. All of them depend on local pollen vectors to visit and carry away their genes to other flowers. The season of cactus flowering this ...

Others just use “epi.” Then there’s the common name, “orchid cactus.” The plants have nothing in common with orchids except for gorgeous flowers, but were likely given the name because ...

Trouble is, this is an orchid cactus with ... the reason I so seldom see the flowers. The snails devour the buds. I should follow my own advice and hang the cactus orchids in baskets.

Cyclamens are also known as the "poor man’s orchid." Cyclamen has attractive speckled foliage and the flowers come in a ... in the 1800s was the Christmas cactus. The ancestors of today ...

The newly described flower is a neighbor to populations of a related orchid species common in Japan that it closely resembles. Its discovery is an important reminder that unknown species are often ...

(Watch timelapse video) The orchid cactus flowers in hopes of reproducing. Its strong, sweet smell meant to draw pollinators, like birds and bugs, close. "When it opens up, you can smell it.