RHIPSALIS

rhipsalis, a genus of about 50 tropical species, mainly in central and south america, but a few in tropical africa and madagascar. it is a very heterogeneous group, being fleshy-stemmed with a woody axis, the branches being angular, winged, flattened or cylindrical, and the flowers small, short-tubed, succeeded by small, round, pea-shaped berries. _rhipsalis cassytha_, when seen laden with its white berries, bears some resemblance to a branch of mistletoe. all the species are epiphytal in habit.