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I have never had a plant flower or have fruit.This may be because of the fact i've only been growing them about 2 yrs. but i said the same thing about my Hoya's and i couldn't believe it when my DS-70 got loaded with blooms & my H.chelsea,compacta,polyneura, & rubra or K.P. (krimson princess) gave it a try,they have between 2-4 penduncles on each that haven't grown much but they tried

What time of year do Rhipsalis bloom ? I will have to do some research to see what the right conditions are for blooms & fruit ? With the Hoya's each plant had different conditions that were just right for blooming are the different Rhipsalis from different parts of the world or will they all be happy in the same conditions? I have a lot of research ahead of me and i will get more close-ups of my old man.

I must tell you the reason we call it that. When i first bought it,there wasn't anything hanging over the pot except about 3 long stems with nothing on them and i found them amusing and every time i got near it i could help but playing with the long bare stems and my daughter said she thought i was stroking it's ego because it had bald stems and called it my other old man (besides my husband) he has been my old man ever since. This is the only picture i could find and i think it's posted further up this thread,it's of the ends of the stems this summer on the R.capilliformis