It began life branching from a larger segment on an even larger plant in someones office. Then one day they moved the plant. During that move a small piece was broken, it fell to the floor. Barely a half inch long, lucky me found it and nurtured it for 14 months. It grew stem by stem, branch by branch and as the years advanced I looked for yellow flowers to bloom in February as mentioned in the literature. Two, three, four years nothing. This was the fifth year for this epiphyte. This month, February, right on time, three flowers appeared on the older segments. SUCCESS!! IT'S A FLOWER!!!! Jerry
The plant is an epiphytic cactus called Rhipsalis salicornioides or Hatiora salicornioides, common names are dancing bones and drunkards dream. Native to the tropical rain-forests of Brazil as an epiphyte it makes its home on other plants. Yellow flowers bloom in February on stems that grow as long as 60cm or about 2 feet. Jerry
I love, love, love this plant. I am kind of into stick plants at the moment. The sticks I have are this plant, the misltoe cactus, mouse tail cactus and Pencil Cactus ‘Firesticks’ (Euphorbia tirucalli). Have a half dozen of the fire stick starts to give to a group of third graders a little later this spring.
I get a kick out of this website. Where else would you find someone celebrating the culmination of a 5 year plant project & also find someone else raving about stick plants!
Great story but I don't think I am as patient as you are.....such a small little piece, I would have never even thought about it growing ....
