The Origin of Epiphytic Cacti:

a Historical Perspective

Rudi Dorsch
Cypress, Texas
Dr. Ralf Bauer in
Tobago in March
2003 with
Epiphyllum
hookeri

Pseudorhipsalis
amazonicus ssp.
chocoensis
Columbia March
1999
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS
Epiphyllum phyllanthus
Epiphyllum phyllanthus
Disocactus flagelliformis
Disocactus
flagelliformis
Selenicereus
grandiflorus
Disocactus speciosus ssp.
speciosus
Disocactus phyllanthoides
xheliochia vandesii
“ackermannii”
Disocactus ackermannii ssp.
ackermannii
Epiphyllum phyllanthus ssp.
phyllanthus
Epiphyllum phyllanthus ssp. phyllanthus
Linnean Society London
Linnean Society London
“Cactus phyllanthus”
Epiphyllum crenatum ssp. kimnachii
Epiphyllum thomasianum ssp.
thomasianum
Epiphyllum
thomasianum ssp.
thomasianum
Epiphyllum
anguliger
Epiphyllum anguliger
Epiphyllum anguliger
Epiphyllum
pumilum
Epiphyllum
cartagense
Epiphyllum cartagense
Epiphyllum hookeri
ssp. pittieri
Epiphyllum lepidocarpum
Epiphyllum laui
Epiphyllum phyllanthus ssp. rubrocoronatum
Epiphyllum Baueri
Epiphyllum grandilobum
Disocactus
eichlamii
Disocactus
Eichlamii
Disocactus
biformis
Disocactus biformis
Disocactus nelsonii ssp. nelsonii
Disocactus nelsonii ssp. hondurensis
Disocactus macranthus
(Lau1263)
Disocactus
speciosus ssp.
cinabarinus
Disocactus speciosus ssp. cinabarinus
Disocactus speciosus ssp. conzattianus
Disocactus phyllanthoides (Baggatini)
Disocactus martianus
Disocactus martianus
Disocactus
martianus
Disocactus
mcdougallii
Disocactus mcdougallii
Disocactus
speciosus ssp.
aurantiacus
Disocactus
speciosus ssp.
Aurantiacus
(Nicaragua)
Disocactus
speciosus ssp.
aurantiacus
Disocactus speciosus
ssp. aurantiacus
(Honduras)
Pseudorhipsalis
amazonica ssp.
amazonica
Psuedorhipsalis
acuminata
Hylocereus undatus
(BG Bonn)
Hylocereus
calcaratus
Hylocerus purpusii
Hylocereus
ocamponis
Hylocereus stenopterus
(Costa Rica)
Pfeiffera monacantha
Pfeiffera miyagawae
Pfeiffera
brevispina
Pfeiffera boliviana
Pfeiffera boliviana
Pfeiffera
paranganiensis
Rhipsalis hölleri
Rhipsalis
warmingiana
Rhipsalis
burchellii
Rhipsalis
oblonga
Rhipsalis ewaldiana
Rhipsalis
pachyptera
Rhipsalis punicheo-discus
Rhipsalis campos-portoana
Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Rhipsalis clavata
Schlumbergera
truncata
Schlumbergera
truncata (species)
Schlumbergera kautskyi
Schlumbergera
kautskyi
Schlumbergera
russelliana (Brazil)
Schlumbergera
russelliana Ehlers
clone
Schlumbergera orssichiana
Schlumbergera
orssichiana
Schlumbergera
microspherica
Schlumbergera microspherica
Schlumbergera
microspherica
Schlumbergera
opuntioides
Hatiora rosea
Hatiora
gaertneri
Hatiora gaertneri
Hatiora salicornioides ssp. cylindrica
Hatioa
salicornioides
ssp. cylindrica
Hatiora herminae
Hatiora herminae
Hatiora epiphylloides ssp. epiphylloides
Hatiora
epiphylloides
ssp.
epiphylloides
Weberocereus tricophorus
Weberocereus tricophorus
Weberocereus tonduzii
Weberocereus
frohningiorum
Selenicereus wittii
Selenicereus wittii
Selenicereus wittii
Selenicereus
wittii
Selenicereus validus
Selenicereus
chrysocardium
Selenicereus
chrysocardium
Selenicereus anthonianus
Myron Kimnach
Professor Doctor Wilhelm Barthlott
Barthlott, Dorsch, Kimnach, and Höller at the Botanical Garden Bonn
Barthlott, Dorsch, Kimnach, and Höller at the Botanical Garden Bonn
 Epicactus “Holly”

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