Can anyone help me identify this plant? It has long green leaves that grow out from a long stem. Some of the leaves have "veins" that other leaves are growing out from. Thanks, LaVett
Thank you! I haven't been able to get anyone to identify it. I've had the plant for a couple of years. It grows pretty fast but I have never seen any flowers on it. Is that unusual? I will try looking online under the name you supplied. It is growing very tall and I want to cut it back or propagate it properly. The leaves are very thin and flimsy. They also have little hair-like things on them. Thanks, again.
No flowers isn't unusual if it's still fairly small: I can't tell from your photos exactly, but they do get pretty big, and the overall shape of the plant never gets much more organized-looking. (The tallness is a feature, not a bug.) It's an epiphytic jungle cactus like Schlumbergera (Christmas/Thanksgiving/holiday cactus). The "leaves" are actually flattened stems, and the hair-like things are the "spines." I've only propagated one once, from cuttings somebody sent me in the mail, but I'm under the impression that they're very easy. (I just stuck mine in potting soil and watered it when it was dry, like my other plants, and it started producing new growth very quickly.)
Thank you. Your information was very helpful. I looked up the plant online and found a picture of the one I have. It is Epiphyllum oxypetallum. It has broad leaves and stands about 3 ft tall from roots to the top of longest "leaf" or stem. Here are 2 more pictures with a better view of the plant. Do you think the plant can be propagated from the long stick-like stem as well as the "leaf"?
