Cactaceae

Easter cactus

Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri (Regel) Linding.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Rhipsalidopsis

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Easter cactus: Me la regalaron en la floristería, ahora vive en mi salón. Me encanta el efecto giratorio que hacen los estambres cuando se ve de cerca... — Photo: Enrique Dans from Madrid, Spain, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Chinese: 假昙花
Croatian: Uskršnji kaktus
English: Easter cactus
Estonian: Lihavõttekaktus
Finnish: Pääsiäiskaktus
Malayalam: ഹാതിയോറ ഗേർട്നെറി
Norwegian Bokmål: Påskekaktus
Polish: Kaktus wielkanocny
Russian: Хатиора Гертнера

Synonyms

Epiphyllopsis gaertneri (Regel) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Epiphyllopsis gaertneri var. serrata (Lindgr.) Backeb.
Epiphyllopsis gaertneri var. tiburtii Backeb. & Voll
Epiphyllum gaertneri (Regel) K.Schum.
Epiphyllum makoyanum W.Watson
Epiphyllum russellianum var. gaertneri Regel
Hatiora gaertneri (Regel) Barthlott
Hatiora gaertneri f. serrata (Linding.) Süpplie
Phyllocactus gaertneri (Regel) K.Schum.
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri var. tiburtii (Backeb. & Voll) Moran
Rhipsalidopsis serrata Linding.
Rhipsalis gaertneri (Regel) Vaupel
Schlumbergera gaertneri (Regel) Britton & Rose

Photos

Photo: Enrique Dans from Madrid, Spain, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: User:Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.