I'm no kind of expert but it looks like your experiment with the in-car succulent has proven unsuccessful. Try putting the plant somewhere in bright shade (outside) or next to a sunny window (inside) and it should recover.

Hello victoria12, am just an enthusiast as well, but typically even for some cacti, they do not like being in too much direct sun, they still get burnt as what may have occurred to your plant. I would strongly suggest you just grow them indoors by your brightest window, not north facing window since light levels will be too weak on that side.

I would also think it will be a hazard for you to have that hanging cacti on your rear view mirror just in case, if an accident occurs it will be one prickly projectile that may hit you or a fellow passenger.

Also, I hope that container has drain holes, so you can water the cacti and allow the water to drain out properly.. During summer time, they are actively growing, so it will apppreciate watering too, as long as you have used well draining media, not putting any gravel or rocks at the drain holes, then it should grow okay. It will manifest better flowering though if it is grown outdoors.

If your outdoor conditions is too rainy, then indoor growing is your option but with good access to bright light. Water thoroughly but allow to dry out before next watering. Later on as the seasons change, when daylight time shortens and temperatures go much cooler, you will have to reduce or stop watering eventually till Spring returns. During winter time, most cacti will go dormant. It will like some cool dry time and later on may induce better flowering when Spring returns.

Thank you Baja and tarev.

Thank you both so much. How often should I water? I know you said until the soil is completely dry, but is there an approximate time for this? Also, my pot does have drain holes.

Maybe once a week given strong light, good airflow, and moderate temperatures. You will want to dial down the watering frequency during the colder and darker days of late fall and early winter.

with Baja

I also rest the base portion of my cacti as much as possible on pumice or chicken grit (insoluble crushed granite) so that the cacti is not sitting too much on wet media.

Good luck on your cute cacti!

Hey guys, I wasn't sure where else to put this, but I was wondering if someone knew what kind of plant this was. It looks like some type of succulent but I'm not sure.

It's a cactus in the genus Rhipsalis. They are rainforest cacti that grow on trees kind of like many tropical orchids do.

What a cool plant Victoria. It looks like it could be one of the Rhipsalis, or Pseudorhipsalis. I understand the blooms are quite beautiful.
https://garden.org/plants/sear...

It looks like Rhipsalis

I grow mine outdoors in a shady spot, and over here since our area has a long period of hot and dry conditions about 6 to 7 months of no rain, it likes daily watering and daily spritzing. I get my blooms in mid Spring. When Fall returns and its cooler temps, it really perks up nicely getting additional cool morning humidity. It survives our winter rains, since that is the only time we get rains here.

Very cool tarev.

@victoria12
Victoria, I can't wait to see yours bloom.