**** EPIPHYLLUM WHICH BLOOM ****
**** EVEN IN WINTER ****
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Epiphyllum x 'Chameleon' : (Hybrid created by Rudolf Hessing)
blooming on 2014/01/05 in my collection.
pedigree of the hybrid:
mother: Epiphyllum x 'Peaches
'n' Cream'
father: Epiphyllum x 'Frühlingsabend'
size of the bloom: 10 cm (4 in)
usual blooming period noticed by Rudolf in his collection: March, April.
This Epiphyllum has blooms which change colours over the period following the blossoming: at the beginning, they are tender pink, then in a few days the color becomes deep orange-red. We can see this phenomenon on the photograph above where you can observe two blooms which did not open on the same day.
Over the next years I hope I will have the opportunity to add other winter blooming hybrids in this article which I wrote after understanding the basic rules of how to obtain it.
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Sources of the article:
ESA (Epiphyllum Society of America) Directory concerning pedigrees of hybrid Epiphyllum.
Photo of Disocactus macranthus : Alain Laroze, photo present on the photos gallery of the "Cactus Francophone" (French website about cacti) : http://www.cactuspro.com/photos/Cactaceae/Disocactus/macranthus/605.html
Photo of Epiphyllum anguliger : photo by Emma Lindahl : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyllum_anguliger
Rudolf Hessing's website (German speaking) : RUD epis
And, last but not least, the cuttings given to me by Rudolf Hessing which grew and bloomed in my collection.
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PHOTOS OF ALL MY HYBRID EPIPHYLLUM CLASSIFIED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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