All about caring for the crazy Ric Rac cactus (aka Epiphyllum anguliger)

[@cruelsister1]

Excellent info very thorough. Thanks for sharing..

[@ByBrittanyG]

Glad it was helpful!

[@loisito6189]

You have a very beautiful Hoya Linearis 🥰🥰. They are had to come by in California. I have a tiny one and trying to propagate some of the longer stems.

[@ByBrittanyG]

Thanks so much!! Yes she's a beauty, one of my favorites. It started off probably about a 5th of the size it is now.

[@AmandaFriedmanMascio]

Great video! Thanks for mentioning the second type which is what I have. It's so much more floppy and I was trying to figure out if it needed to be given a trellis. Guess it does! Thanks again!

[@ByBrittanyG]

Glad it was helpful! Took me forever to figure out the difference between the two!

[@ladyf3777]

@brittany Goldwyn when propogating do you start a leaf in water or straight dirt? Great video and thx for the advice❤

[@ByBrittanyG]

I have done both! It's a pretty easy plant to propagate...just make sure the cut end hardens over a bit before planting if you are planting a fresh cutting. I usually wait a day or so.

[@jeanettebach4924]

Awesome tips in your video! But I'm having an issue with the stem size....the plant is growing like crazy but the stems are long and skinny, so what does my plant need? It is in a North window but also has it's own grow light directly over the top .

[@ByBrittanyG]

Hi, thanks so much! this can often mean that the plant needs more light. However, I've found that when the stems get super long, they can just get skinny. You can always snip them off to propagate!

[@jeanettebach4924]

@@ByBrittanyG Thanks, I'll see how it continues to grow.

[@hastowin7953]

Mine looks like wrinkles in the leaves what's that from, fat part of ric rack? Please help

[@ByBrittanyG]

Sometimes my stems get wrinkly if I withhold water for too long. If the soil has been consistently dry, it's probably that. I trim them off if they don't rebound.

[@MS-fx5yf]

Another major difference, is that the flower from your Mom's is much more dramatic/striking, whereas the flowers of yours are more like a common aphyllum in terms of shape and color.

[@MS-fx5yf]

I have both. S. anthonyanus tends to only flower, for me, after I've cut the branch tips off in the spring. D. anguliger tends to bloom on its own, for me, without any branch tipping. I fertilize the anthonyanus with a high phos. fertilizer in spring, and high phos. fertilizer for anguliger in the fall.

[@ByBrittanyG]

Great tips! My mom's still hasn't flowered, so I'll pass that along to her. My anguliger continues to throw out a bunch of blooms at the most random times. I'm going to do a video soon on my epiphyllum oxypetalum since I got some good bloom footage of that one in, and I'll probably include some of the anguliger bloom footage I got too.

[@MS-fx5yf]

That'd be great! My E. oxypetalum are just monsters. Lol I have all of my aforementioned , along with E. chrysocardium, and some hybrid Epis growing outside, year around (USDA 10a), even down into the high 20s, with little to no harm. Grow More puts out a good high Phos cacti fertilizer, but I also use a 3-12-12 with humic acid (flower n bloom/Grow Power). It took me years to figure out how to make my anthonyanus bloom. Now, I'm working on getting my chrysocardium to bloom. Next, I need to get a pumilum; just haven't found the right price yet. lol I look forward to seeing your next vid :)