Linda Kokelaar, who gardens in Westchester, sent me a photo of a cactus I had never seen before. The plant itself is an ...

Orchid cacti, like this one housed at a library in Illinois, bloom just once a year. It’s Monday, around 9 o’clock, and the library is locked for the night. Silently, Linda Zellmer appears on the ...

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

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 ...

Orchid Cactus is a common name referring to a number of different succulents such as species of Epiphyllum and Cryptocereus. They are excellent, easy growing houseplants that with time will produce ...

An orchid cactus in bloom is a wondrous thing to behold. I was first introduced to this amazing plant by the late Lucille Sharp, a charter member of the Shamrock Garden Circle. Sharp, along with an ...

Bob McCullough was given a small orchid cactus about 15 years ago from a friend who had ordered some from Holland. He dutifully potted it up and cared for it. The plants (there are now more than a ...

Q:I have a pink-flowered orchid cactus about 5 years old and 4 feet long. It is so beautiful when in bloom. Is it possible to divide the plant in half, as it is quite crowded in the container? Also a ...

Ever since I told the story of how Nagib Padamshi loves to rescue plants destined for the landfill and find a place for them in his beautiful Kerrisdale garden, I’ve received emails from people hoping ...

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