When I was given this I thought it was some type of Rhipsalis. Like the trailing kind.
It looked very much like Rhipsalis Cereuscula.

But now it's smaller tips have turned brown and a new single shoot has emerged
with flat leaves, and spikes..

Could this be rhipsalis goebeliana? Any ideas....

Hi & welcome!

If nobody has a suggestion soon, try adding another pic or 2 from a diff angle. Does it have any thorns at all?

Here's another view, maybe a bit clearer too

Oh! Its an Opuntia.

I'm pretty sure it is not an Opuntia.

You can look at the Rhipsala in our database to compare you plant to existing photos,
http://garden.org/plants/brows...

You might try looking at the Cactus Forum:
http://garden.org/forums/view/...

@Baja_Costero, can you please look at this plant and see if you can offer some help?

Could be Opuntia (stretched in low light maybe?). I don't know enough about those kinds of cacti to offer more of an opinion.

OK, here goes again, I'm not too good at taking pictures

Hopefully these will help... I've been told, since I asked the old owner
about the new growth. He states the parent plant is a very
very old upright succulent (standing 3'+), on a single strong stalk,
that holds itself. It also has the flat pads at the top. This was an old
piece that had fallen off and started rooting itself in the parent plant's pot.

The plant very much reminds me of a Rhipsalis, but of course I don't
know. There are no thorny spikes. All soft tissue, even the new spikes
that are emerging. No low light, in bright indirect light, and outside now.

I do believe I was watering it to much and giving it to much fertilizer.
I'm thinking that's why the tips browned, or maybe too bright of light.

Thanks so much for your input...

Looks like Opuntia of some sort to me also.

Wish it was Oputia Echios......

That's what prompted my question about thorns, thinking Opuntia.

Work on focusing the camera on the plant instead of the background. Clearer pictures would help.

Welcome KhngHoe,

Sorry, like I said previously not much at picture taking...
I'll have to get my son to take a pic next time he come over...

But thanks for your input...

@Shy_gardner I don't know if you use your cell phone, I use mine to take pictures. Whether I'm trying to take an up-close picture of my plants or my little puppy, I have to wait many seconds for the camera function to focus in on my subject (instead of the background) before I can capture a clear image. Hope this helps.

OK Guys.... Here goes.... If nothing else maybe I'll learn to take better pictures.... hehe
But do appreciate all the input of what it might be....

Until somebody recognizes it, I'm going with cutie cutie bo bootie, banana fanana fo footie...

Thanks Tiffany.

It really is odd, but cute and so different...

I'm really anxious to see how it turns out.

My first thought was a euphorbia of some kind, but it might be a very young "brain cactus"? I don't know cactus, but those seem to be in vogue this year.

HI Carol,

Thanks for sharing. I'll look at some Euphoria, and see if it looks like any.

I've had the Brain Cactus for years (from when it was popular years ago) but this doesn't look like them.