Thanks, I'd like to really learn how to do this!!!

Gorgeous!

So many nice blooms, Carol and Kathy, I love the Epi... thanks to Kathy, I'm going to try posting a pic of my NoID Epi again and hoping someone will help ID it... here's a pic from last year...

That's a beauty! Great pic post!!! Congrats!
They are hard to ID because there are so many hybrids. Maybe you can find it here (click on the letters on top for more pages). http://bit.ly/gySwkH and http://www.mattslandscape.com/...

Thanks Kathy, I had the Epies.net site and looked thru that already... like you said there are too many hybrids, I found lots of similarities... I will browse thru Mattslandscape... thanks again, you're very kind...

Love that Epi, how the colors fade from dark to light

WOW.

Isn't that neat Steven? and they are so easy to grow, and not demanding at all, at least this one... I'm glad you like it too Sheryl...

I got some cuttings last winter and they are in bud now I'm pretty excited to see it bloom!


Kathy, you moved your Epi when it was in bud, right? Was that the pink cloud or a different one?

Tis the season for epis! This NOID started opening last night, and I got a shot of it this morning. These are not houseplants in my area. I should have a new one every day or so this week, as seven out of nine are ready to pop.

Ahhhh .... Epi Envy....

Oh Carol, that is pretty, I really like the color... does it have a bit of orange in it in real life?

I only have 2 Epies, the NoID above and Epiphyllum oxypetalum, and both of them always bloom a lot later for me, more like June... maybe because I don't bother to cool them down in the winter? I usually wait until there's no more frost outside, like around now, and bring them out...

Yes, Clementine, it is a deep orange. I only have a few with names. Most are cuttings passed through neighbors. I have an Epi. oxy also. The first two years it bloomed during the day. I haven't seen it since...only the drooping blooms the next day. They all seem to like the winter temps down to freezing.

I moved four epis in but two bud blasted. Pink Cloud was one. BTW I'm not sure the name is correct. Epis by Pat's pic is quite a different shade!

I'm wanting to move mine so I can see the blooms,.right now its on the bottom shelf facing the window and you can't see it at all. I think its a bright red or hot pink colour

That orange is really stunning Carol! Let me know if you ever want to trade

Well you can go out and take pics through the window!

Steven, I'm out of room for Epis! I will consider sending cuttings for postage however...after they are done blooming.

I keep some of my "hardier" Epis in the garage over the Winter and they are budding now. The species live in the house during the indoor season. Every time I keep one of the species in the garage they don't look too happy after being subjected to temps in the forties for weeks.
I read somewhere that those Epis ( Disocactus) which have ackermannii in their parentage, also inherited not only some tolerance for cool temps with that, but actually need the cool Winter temps to bloom better. Sounds right? I found the red ones will bloom year around but not well, if always kept at even temperatures.

Ursula, I have a red in bud that is very spiny and has more of a species look to the flowers. Not sure if it is an ackermannii or not. Is yours especially prickly?

Especially prickly? No, not really.