Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri

Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
	In cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Rhipsalidopsis
Species:	R. gaertneri
Binomial name
	Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri; (K.Schum.) Linding.
Synonyms
	Epiphyllopsis gaertneri (Regel) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth ; Epiphyllum gaertneri (Regel) K.Schum. ; Epiphyllum makoyanum Pynaert ; Epiphyllum russellianum var. gaertneri Regel i ; Hatiora gaertneri (Regel) Barthlott ; Phyllocactus gaertneri (Regel) K.Schum. ; Rhipsalidopsis serrata Linding., no Latin descr. ; Rhipsalis gaertneri (Regel) Vaupel ; Schlumbergera gaertneri (Regel) Britton & Rose ;

Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, synonyms Schlumbergera gaertneri and Hatiora gaertneri, is a species of epiphytic cactus which belongs to the tribe Rhipsalideae within the subfamily Cactoideae of the Cactaceae. Together with the hybrid with R. rosea, Rhipsalidopsis × graeseri, it is known, in English speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, as Easter cactus or Whitsun cactus and is a widely cultivated ornamental plant. It has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.