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Schlumbergera is a small genus of cacti with six to nine species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil.These plants grow on trees or rocks in habitats that are generally shady with high humidity, and can be quite different in appearance from their desert-dwelling cousins.
Native to tropical rainforests along the Atlantic Coast of Brazil — both directions from Rio de Janeiro. Grows in clouds and drizzle at altitudes of up to 9,000 feet.
It is endemic to a limited area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitat is rocky areas above 2,600 m (8,500 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss. [3] It is in the same genus as the popular house plant known as Christmas cactus or Thanksgiving cactus.
Schlumbergera orssichiana resembles other species of the genus Schlumbergera in that it has leafless green stems which act as photosynthetic organs. The stems () are composed of strongly flattened segments, which have "teeth" of varying shapes along their edges, where there are generally two to three, and at the ends.
The Christmas cactus is a native plant to the mountainous regions of Brazil, where it thrives in a cool, humid environment. In its natural habitat, it grows along branches and rocks, making its ...
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Schlumbergera opuntioides occurs only in the coastal mountains of south-east Brazil, in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais, in the southernmost part of the tropics. Sites where it has been found include Mount Itatiaia in the Itatiaia National Park , the Serra da Mantiqueira in São Paulo, and the Serra do Ibitipoca in ...
This Brazilian native doesn't look like other Southwestern cacti; rather than prickly spines and rounded silhouettes, the Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) has flattened stems with ...