My mother has had this plant for over 25 years. It was her mother's. She's going to give me a cutting and I'd really like to know what it's name is. It blooms sporadically, about once per year. But I don't have a photo of the bloom. Thank you!


Updated: my mom found a photo of the bloom!

It's an Epiphyllum (one of ones known as 'Jungle Cacti').

It looks like a Rhipsalis. Note the fuzzy new growth.

How big are the flowers, Tantoinette?

I too am curious as to what the blooms looked like; what size and color?

Were they small and similar in shape and color to these:



Or large, like some of these?

Thanks everyone! Looks like Subtropix might be right. Thank you Subtropix. 🙏 I looked up Jungle Cacti after receiving a photo of the bloom that took my mom all day to find (haha!), I compared it to the Jungle Cacti and it looks like it but some of the other photos posted with red flowers look alot like it too. Wish my mom had a close-up of the flower.

And - regarding the more cylindrical /3 sided growths in your clump - many old Epiphyllum hybrids like to revert to the Disocactus parent.
When you get ready to start your own plant/pot, I would ask for a few cuttings ( of the flat growth) and pot them together. They will make a nice basket in a season. A single cutting will take "forever"!!
Also, if you look at the tips of the flat growths, many have small roots starting. If you plant a few of those with those tips into the soil/upside down, they will root easily! ( You might see this in old greenhouses focussing on Epiphyllums. Tips root in neighboring pot.)
I find they actually root easier for me that way. Less chance of rot.

Disocactus hybrid. When you see stems with multiple ribs, that's the disocactus genes.

Thank you Ursula. Such great tips for starting my plant. And thank you Evan.