Thank you Sharon and thanks Dave for getting the name changed.
Epis are really in a class of there own. Known as Orchid Cactus they get confused with Orchids and Cactus. Yes they are Cactus but not desert types that most people relate to. We could group the Forum to include Christmas cactus (there's genus name for them? and Rhipsalis etc. All very similar.
Its unfortunate that Epi blooms only last about 3 or 4 days so they are not commercially produced in volume, you rarely see them at the Big Box store garden departments and they are not long lasting cut flowers. So we need them to stand out on there own with a Forum to create more interest.
With the Epis you will get more activity from April through August as that is when folks like looking a the blooms, but enthusiasts will discuss fertilizing, propagation, diseases at anytime. We also create connections for trading cuttings etc.
People looking for new interests will see the plant name in its own forum without having to go to Cactus first and see by luck. Tropicals is much to broad. We need to get more people interested.
(Looks like Hibiscus has been going for 3 years and only has five pages of posts. The current epi post in Cactus and Succs has been going a few days and is already on its second page)
