Rhipsalis, Lepismium, Hatiora, Pfeiffera, Schlumbergera Home page

Guide to Green Menu Bar

Home: The page you are looking at and "What's New."

Search: Try it.

Species: A multi-page alphabetical list of known species names in the left-hand column, and the recognized species to which the name is referred in the right-hand column. Keys open the door to identification--if you can follow the terminology.

Cultivation: propagation tips, potting mixes, growing conditions, fertilizers....

General Topics: Site intro, climate, glossary, distribution, geography, history, lit review.

Photos: Collections (botanic gardens and private), habitat photos, and a few mystery plants.

Links: References (old articles you might want to read for ideas about identification), plant sources and offsite links

Contact: Where to contact someone who knows someone else to send your email question to.

What's New

12/7/12 THIS SITE IS BEING REVISED.

Recent research by Alice Calvente and Nadja Korotkova has been laboriously added to this website, along with many references from older sources. Now, a user can find just about every historical name cross-referenced to its currently accepted species name with all the cited information. Credit Derek with all this work.

Although the updated text has been uploaded to the website, for the time being you will likely find unlinked images. This problem resulted from updating the files but losing some of hte links. We will correct this problem little by little. If you find a link that does not work, copy the URL and mail it to Ken with enough explanation so he can figure it out.