Hurricane Cactus
Lepismium cruciforme
Photo by Leonel Roget (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Full Sun
Easy care
Light watering
Half-hardy
10a
USDA zone
-1°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
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2m | Max | 60cm |
Min |
5 years to reach maturity
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
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Hurricane Cactus Overview
Lepismium cruciforme is a flowering perennial cactus from the Cactaceae family. This plant has slender, branched and trailing stems similar to Rhipsalis plants. Typically grown for the foliage, this plant forms succulent, flattened pencil-shaped stems which trail attractively over pot edges. Commonly known as Hurricane Cactus. It is an epiphyte; living on the surface of other plants, growing on trees and gaining nutrients from the air, from rainfall and from accumulated debris around them. Flowers are small and pink-white in colour. This plant is usually grown indoors as a houseplant or glasshouse specimen as they are frost tender and require high humidity and bright but indirect light.
How to propagate Hurricane Cactus
Cuttings
Seed
Special features of Hurricane Cactus
Attractive leaves
Pot plant
Indoor plant
Attractive flowers
Other uses of Hurricane Cactus
Ornamental
Attractive succulent plant.