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

Schlumbergera orssichiana

A large-flowered Christmas-cactus relative from the misty montane Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. It grows on mossy trees and rocks and flowers mainly in late summer to autumn. It needs cool, humid, bright-shaded conditions, not desert treatment.

Schlumbergera orssichiana
Photo: User:Nino Barbieri, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on trunks and branches, or on mossy rocks, in humid montane cloud forest of the Serra do Mar.

No wild records carry an elevation. The genus generally grows in montane forest at about 900–1,500 m, and this species probably does too.

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 2.5 licence, unmodified.