| Description | An epiphytic tropical cactus with large red flowers. Happily grows in hanging baskets. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Cactus |
| Hardiness Zone | 9 |
| Sunlight | mostly sunny, east exposure, south or west with some shade especially during the hot growing times of the growing season, needs some good sun for short periods |
| Moisture | keep evenly moist throughout the entire year, appreciates above avenge house humidity, don't allow to dry out |
| Growing Media | epiphytc growing mix, |
| Temperature | needs tempeatures above 35 degrees F |
| Flowers | large 3-5 inches, red, funnel shaped, greenish throat, plants need to be old in order to flower |
| Fruit | green to brownish red fruit |
| Stems | branch out from the base, at base are rounded or four sided, flatten out away from the base |
| Roots | produce aerial roots off of stems |
| Propagation | rooting stems, cut pieces should allow to callus before rooting |
| Native Site | Tropical forests in the states of Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico. |
| Cultivar Origin | Named after George Ackermann (1803-1891) who went to Mexico and when he returned to England in 1824 he brought with him a stem of this cactus. |
| Misc Facts | syn. Epiphyllum ackermani |
| Notes & Reference | #15-Cactus Lexicon (Backeberg), #208- Cacti and their cultivation (Margaret Martin, P.R. Chapman, H.A. Auger) |
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