General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 12-24 inches, erect to pendant
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: Transluscent white berries
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Houseplant
Uses: Suitable for miniature gardens
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Dancing Bones Cactus
  • Drunkard's Dream
  • Spice Cactus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hatiora salicornioides
  • Synonym: Rhipsalis salicornioides

Photo Gallery
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2024-02-04
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-02-11
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-01-14
Location: Hortus Botanicus Utrecht
Date: 2013-12-06

Date: 2018-01-05
Segmented stem joints
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2021-03-14
Had this for many years, started blooming this year.
Location: Hortus Botanicus Utrecht
Date: 2018-03-18
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-02-11
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-02-11
Location: Horticult Greenhouse
Date: 2021-01-23
Hatiora salicornioides blooms beginning to open
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-01-08
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-01-14
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-08-15
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-02-11
Location: Conifer, CO 8,500' indoors
Date: 2022-09-17
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-01-08
Location: Portland Nursery, Portland Or.
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Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-04-16
Sunstressed, probably barely escaped actual burning.
Location: Hortus Botanicus Utrecht
Date: 2013-12-06
Location: Hortus Botanicus Utrecht
Date: 2013-12-06
Photo by bwbillh
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas -- Bad Internet right now; If in wrong place, feel free to comment. Photos might jump sometimes
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: At our garden - San Joaquin County, CA
Date: 2015-03-23
Newly acquired dancing bones cactus
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden

Date: 2018-01-05
Dancing bones blossom
Location: Horticult Greenhouse
Date: 2020-11-09
Hatiora salicornioides XL plant ~3 y/o
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-01-07

credit: Bff
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: All pictures taken in my gardens
Date: 2015-12-31

Date: 2018-01-30
Location: Lawrence, KS
Date: 2018-01-30
Location: Home
Date: 2011-10-17
Location: February 2023 | Meadowlark Botanical Garden (VA)
Date: 2023-02-20
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: At my aunt's garden - Northridge, CA
Date: 2012-01-01
Hatiora salicornioides in a basket
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2023-02-11
Location: Horticult Greenhouse
Date: 2021-01-03
large plant
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2016-12-15
Location: Hortus Botanicus Utrecht
Date: 2018-03-18
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-30
Small plants at a nursery.

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-01-02
Location: Home
Date: 2011-10-17
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2009-03-27

Date: 2011-04-05
Location: Tampa Bay Area
Date: 2020-02-19
Clipping from Art Nov2019 $0
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: NYBG 
Date: June 14 22
Location: Home
Date: 2011-10-15
Segmented stems

credit: Glenn
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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Oct 22, 2011 5:47 AM concerning plant:
    This plant is fairly easy to root from stem sections or stem cuttings. Do not keep the soil wet or allow standing water in the saucer.
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