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Lepismium lumbricoides is a shrubby epiphytic cactus with thin, cylindrical, leafless green stems that hang or climb on trees. It is grown as an ornamental and is easy to keep if it is given bright light and kept on the drier side in winter.
Lepismium lumbricoides, commonly known in Spanish as sueldaconsuelda, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the genus Lepismium, within the family Cactaceae. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, southern and southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Lepismium lumbricoides is native to a large area of central South America. In Argentina, it is found in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán. In Bolivia, it is found in the departments of Beni, La Paz, and Santa Cruz. In Brazil, it is found in the south and southeast of the country, specifically in the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo. It is also found in Paraguay and Uruguay.
This species is mainly cultivated as an ornamental plant, and it can be propagated vegetatively via cuttings.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepismium lumbricoides 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.
