Rhipsalidopsis rosea

Rhipsalidopsis rosea
In cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Rhipsalidopsis
Species:
R. rosea
Binomial name
Rhipsalidopsis rosea
(Lagerh.) Britton & Rose
Synonyms
  • Hatiora rosea (Lagerh.) Barthlott
  • Rhipsalidopsis rosea (Lagerh.) Britton & Rose
  • Rhipsalis rosea Lagerh.
  • Schlumbergera rosea (Lagerh.) Calvente & Zappi

Rhipsalidopsis rosea, synonyms Hatiora rosea and Schlumbergera rosea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to south Brazil. It was first described, as Rhipsalis rosea, by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1912. It is one of the parents of the hybrid Rhipsalidopsis × graeseri, grown as the Easter or Whitsun cactus.