Pfeiffera monacantha Size:M The pale colour feathers softly

The pale colour feathers softly into the darker areas across a smooth pointed blade

a tropical species native to Central and South America

The Etymology of Piper porphyrophyllum

The short trunks become visible only after years of growth

Pfeiffera monacantha Size:M The pale colour feathers softlyPfeiffera monacantha Pfeiffera monacantha visibly changes form as it grows. Young segments are commonly three angled and rise upright or arch outward; later segments flatten and hang downward. Repeated branching links those stages into a hanging, shrub like cactus, not a single chain of identical joints. Small growth points punctuate the segment margins. One prominent spine is common, but the count is not fixed: some joints carry more, others less,