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Kimnachia ramulosa

Kimnachia ramulosa
Photo: Epibase, CC BY 3.0

Kimnachia ramulosa is the only species in its genus, a branching epiphytic cactus from wet tropical forests that grows on trees and rocks with flattened, leaf-like stems. It is grown as a houseplant in humid, bright conditions.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of the mix are dry, and keep it slightly moist during active growth.
Soil
Free-draining epiphytic mix with bark, perlite and peat or coir.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & S. Mexico to S. Trop. America, Jamaica
Climate
wet tropical

About

Kimnachia is a monotypic genus of cacti. Its only species is Kimnachia ramulosa, synonym Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa, which is native from southern Mexico to northern South America and also found in Jamaica.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kimnachia 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.

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