Epiphyllum (/ˌɛpɪˈfɪləm/; "upon the leaf" in Greek) is a genus of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to Central America and South...

Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Dutchman's pipe cactus, princess of the night or queen of the night, is a species of cactus with a native range from Mexico...

E.Br.) Britton & Rose Epiphyllum ruckeri Paxton Epiphyllum bridgesii Lem., Schlumbergera bridgesii (Lem.) Loefgr. and Epiphyllum ruckerianum sensu Lem...

Epiphyllum hybrids, epiphyllums, epicacti, or just epis, also known as orchid cacti, which are widely grown for their flowers, are artificial hybrids...

Epiphyllum hookeri is a species of climbing cactus in the Epiphyllum genus. It forms showy white flowers and is native from Mexico through Central America...

Epiphyllum chrysocardium (syn.: Selenicereus chrysocardium) is an epiphytic cactus native to Mexico, commonly called fern leaf cactus, golden heart epiphyllum...

Disocactus anguliger (syn. Epiphyllum anguliger), commonly known as the fishbone cactus or zig zag cactus, is a cactus species native to Mexico. The species...

Jacksonia epiphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or straggling...

genus Zygocactus, transferring Epiphyllum truncatum to Zygocactus truncatus. Although he later placed it back in Epiphyllum, abandoning Zygocactus, the generic...

Epiphyllum thomasianum is an epiphytic species of cactus native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panamá. The vegetative...

Epiphyllum phyllanthus, commonly known as the climbing cactus, is a species of epiphytic cacti. It has no leaves, instead having stems that photosynthesise...

cultivated for its large flowers. It is a critical parent plant in creating epiphyllum hybrids commonly cultivated worldwide. The stem is erect to ascending...

was originally named Epiphyllum ackermannii by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1829. There are three sets of synonyms: Haworth's Epiphyllum ackermannii was successively...

Epiphyllum cartagense is an epiphytic species of cactus native to Costa Rica and Panama. This species occurs in subtropical and tropical moist lowland...

Epiphyllum pumilum is a cactus species native to Mexico and Guatemala. The species is commonly grown as an ornamental for its beautiful, fragrant flowers...

Epiphyllum baueri is an epiphytic species of cactus native to Colombia and Panama. It is found up to 250 m in altitude in subtropical and tropical moist...

Epiphyllum laui is a cactus species native to Mexico and grown as an ornamental. Stems branching basally or laterally; base narrow to subterete for 1–2 cm...

first described in 1884 by Eduard von Regel as the variety gaertneri of Epiphyllum russellianum (now Schlumbergera russelliana). The name honours one of...

Echinopsis (usually Echinopsis pachanoi, San Pedro cactus) Epiphyllum (usually Epiphyllum oxypetalum, gooseneck cactus; grown as an indoor houseplant...

one of the three major species involved in creating the widely grown epiphyllum hybrids or "epis". The others are Disocactus speciosus and Disocactus...

Epiphyllum grandilobum is an epiphytic species of cactus native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. This species occurs in elevations of 20 to 1100 m in...

Daviesia epiphyllum, commonly known as staghorn bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western...

belong to other species or hybrids. It is often confused with the genus Epiphyllum. Grandiflorus is Latin for 'large flowered'. When Carl Linnaeus described...

in genera Aechmea and Tillandsia), Cactaceae (e.g. in Rhipsalis and Epiphyllum) and Apocynaceae (e.g. in Hoya and Dischidia). The ecology of epiphytes...

plants known as epiphyllum hybrids or just epiphyllums are derived from crosses between species of Disocactus (rather than Epiphyllum) and other genera...

to: Epiphyllum hybrid, one of a number of hybrid cacti derived primarily from species of the genus Disocactus, often collectively called "epiphyllums" or...

genera in different circumscriptions. The plants known as "epiphyllum hybrids" or "epiphyllums", widely grown for their flowers, are hybrids of species...

found this species in 1946. He thought he had found a close relative to Epiphyllum anguliger. When it flowered in the greenhouses of Dr. Harold E. Anthony...

Hunt include: Epiphyllum obovatum Engelm. ex K.Schum., nom. prov. Epiphyllanthus obovatus (Engelm. ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose Epiphyllum opuntioides Loefgr...

used, but this is also used for many night-blooming cacti, including Epiphyllum and Peniocereus. In 2017, the genus Hylocereus was brought into synonymy...