Sign in Start free
Species library › Pseudorhipsalis › Pseudorhipsalis amazonica
Succulents Well documented

Pseudorhipsalis amazonica

A richly branching epiphytic cactus with flattened, leaf-like, spineless stems up to about 60 cm long that arch and hang, from lowland and foothill rain forest from Costa Rica to Amazonian Peru and Brazil. Treat it like a jungle cactus: warm, humid, bright filtered light and an airy, moist mix all year.

Pseudorhipsalis amazonica
Photo: Christer T Johansson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte on trees in humid lowland and foothill rain forest, common in western Amazonia and the Andean foothills of Ecuador and Peru.

Recorded from sea level to about 2,300 m, median around 300 m.

Costa RicaPanamáColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorPeruBrazil North

🔒 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

Grow Pseudorhipsalis amazonica? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Pseudorhipsalis

Pseudorhipsalis lankesteri

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 2.0 licence, unmodified.