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Succulents Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Rhipsalis cereoides

A Rio de Janeiro mistletoe cactus with short, three- to four-angled jointed stems that grows on granite outcrops and rocks in the coastal Atlantic forest. Treat it as a bright-light jungle cactus: humid warm air, an open fast-draining mix and no hard dry spell.

Rhipsalis cereoides
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows on granitic rock faces and boulders, and sometimes on trees, in coastal Atlantic forest hills around Niterói and Rio de Janeiro, usually where light is bright but broken.

Records carry no elevations; the single climate site was placed at about 400 m on coastal hills, and the species is generally a low-elevation plant.

Brazil Southeast

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.