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Hatiora cylindrica is a leafless, branching epiphytic cactus from eastern Brazil, grown as a houseplant for its strictly cylindrical green stem segments and yellow to orange flowers. It needs bright light, moderate watering, and a well-draining, humus-rich mix.
Hatiora cylindrica is a species of often epiphytic cactus in the tribe Rhipsalideae within the subfamily Cactoideae. It is native to east Brazil, where it grows in a variety of habitats, including moist forest, dunes and coastal rocks.
Hatiora cylindrica is native to Bahia in Northeast Brazil, and Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro in Southeast Brazil. It may also be present in Espírito Santo, also in Southeast Brazil. It is found from sea level to elevations of 1,200 m (3,900 ft). It grows as an epiphyte, in the ground and probably as a lithophyte in a variety of habitats, including humid forests, sand dunes and coastal rocks.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hatiora cylindrica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
