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Hatiora salicornoides

Dancing bones cactus, a bushy epiphytic cactus with small bottle-shaped joints and yellow-orange flowers, from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Grow it like a holiday cactus: bright filtered light, an airy bark mix, and a cooler, drier winter to set buds.

Hatiora salicornoides
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Glenn assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows on trees and sometimes rocks in humid Atlantic Forest, hanging from branches in bright, broken light.

Few records carry an elevation; the species is known from lowland to montane forest.

Brazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil South

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.