Epies do best in filtered sunlight under a tree, against north- or east-facing walls, or in a shade structure. They need protection from frost. They can be planted in hanging baskets or pots. Some ...

The biggest problem with growing orchid cactuses is figuring out just what they are. They are cactuses, but are not spiny. Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchidlike. Sometimes ...

The ORCHID cactus might be called the Cinderella of the garden world. Most of the year the plant, with disheveled, arched, trailing branches, is easy to ignore. But from February through June, ...

Q: I was given an Easter cactus last year. What should I do to keep it growing? Is this plant considered an epiphyllum? – N.S., Alta Loma A: Easter cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, the Christmas ...

I've had an orchid obsession for the last 20 years, and then Fred Whitley gave me a division of an orchid cactus (epiphyllum) from one he'd been given by the late Lucille Sharp. The flower on this ...

A. The orchid cactus is a beautiful flowering plant that does not fit the typical idea we associate with cacti. The Epiphyllum orchid cactus is a rain forest dweller, not a desert inhabitant. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Monday, March 10, 2014 photo shows an easy to grow, flamboyant red orchid cactus, in New Paltz, New York. (AP Photo/Lee Reich ...