JUNGLE CACTI UPDATE | Spotlight on Weird & Wonderful Epiphytes

[@tonyabrown39]

My Rhipsalis collection is growing! Love them❤. Great video!

[@JuanValdez-w5j]

Excellent video and your plants are magnificent 🤩🙌🌱

[@kathrynrobinson670]

Thanks for the lesson. I love my jungle cactus and they are happily growing for me.

[@frankwhite3436]

omg i need that sp venezuela in my life!! it's so thick

[@flowermamat074]

I just found your channel today! It’s so refreshing to see an entire video devoted to jungle cacti…. These are in my top 3 of houseplants and I’m always on the lookout for ones I don’t own. Keep up the great content! 🙂☺️

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Thank you so much! Glad you found me on here! I definitely hope to do more content with jungle cacti, those weirdos are some of my favorite plants as well. 😁

[@mridulascreatives]

Beautiful plants🌱

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Thanks for watching! Links to featured plants are in the description! I've tried to link to all of the original plant listings/sellers I purchased from, with the exception of one (which is noted alongside that link).

[@headhayley123]

Your rhipsalis ewaldiana is very much like my rhipsalis sulcata. It looks very very similar when it’s growing all branches out like yours. And it’s the most forgiving too :)

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Yes! I love my sulcata as well! Super forgiving!

[@nubbyrose87]

I only have the fern leaf cactus but I’d like to get a few more. I’m so surprised how pleasant the fruit tasted.

[@TheLeafyGeek]

It was surprisingly bland! But sweet!

[@karrenpalmer8068]

Hi there Leafy geek, just wondering what grow light you use, you said the one in your living room is powerfull

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Hi there! I use quite a variety of lights, depending on my setups in each of my spaces. For the lower light living room, I opted for a more powerful light that would also have a nice aesthetic, that I could essentially use dual purpose as a) a grow light to take care of plants on my interior walls, and b) a functional light for my home that wouldn’t be too jarring on the eyes. For those purposes, I opted to invest in a Soltech Solutions track light. But I do use lower cost LED grow lights in other rooms on my home.

[@adrianagerdsen7602]

Hi there !! Would you mind telling where did you get the rhpisalis sp ? The one you have in the adorable pot .I love it 🥰

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Sure, I’ll add those in the description too

[@adrianagerdsen7602]

Thank you so much 😊

[@sterlgirlceline]

👏🏻👏🏻😊

[@colloyd5606]

could you share some of your rhipsalis sellers. I have bought from etsy but would appreciate any specific sellers or sites for jungle cacti. thanks.

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Happy to! I've put links to the plants featured in this video in the description... I'd say the bulk of my larger collection is pretty equally distributed among Josh's Frogs, Pepper's Greenhouse, and Etsy. I have gotten a few from Steve's Leaves and Gabriella Plants when they've had them in stock, as well as one of my local nurseries here in Minnesota.

[@sharonalleyne6389]

HI LEAFYGEEK I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU WELL IM MOVING TO A DIFFERENT TOWN IN THE CITY I LIVE IN MY CITYmy Qustion to you shoulD THEY BE NEAR WINDOWS OR ON A SHELVE OR IN MY BED ROOM WITH MEDUIM LIGHTFOR MY RHIPSALIS MICRANTHA PLANTS CAUSE I HAVE11 OF THEM AND PLENTY OF THANKGIVING CACTUSES?

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Hello there! If you can get them in an east window that’s ideal, or just a little set back from a south window is prime. If you keep them in the interior of your home away from windows, I’d highly recommend a grow light. Mine are all currently in a north facing window with grow lights I keep on to supplement their light needs (~8 hours in summer, 12-14 hours now that it’s winter).

[@StalkerNaturaliste]

Hi, I think your horrida is a pilocarpa, horrida is fatter (as large as my pinky) and more spiny than hairy. Also molecular and genetic phylogeny have difinitly moved Chrysocardium to Epiphyllum ;) it was sometimes sometimes moved to Selenicereus due to the spines on the fruits but it's not relevant anymore.

[@TheLeafyGeek]

Hello! Interesting thoughts! 🙂 I am still leaning toward baccifera horrida, since the seller I purchased from is quite reputable with their IDs, and I do also have a pilocarpa. But appreciate your perspective!

[@StalkerNaturaliste]

@@TheLeafyGeek who is the seller?

[@shanc1791]

Hi, can you recommend a good grow light?

[@TheLeafyGeek]

I use a few different brands that kind of run the full spectrum of pricing. I love Aspect grow lights from Soltech Solutions but I definitely understand those are an investment. I also use those GE grow bulbs you can find at Target (as well as a few brands that fall somewhere in between, price wise). I can post links in the description to the grow lights I use around my house.