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Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene

Okay! A wonderful woman from LA sent me some cuttings, which arrived today! :]
The first image shows the cuttings, four of one variety, and a rooted cutting of another (which she included as a surprise!).

I planted these the second I received them and the second, third and fourth pictures show the final results. The species with 4 cuttings is Epiphyllum Crenatum. By potting them together you get a more hearty specimen with stronger root growth, and hopefully, an earlier bloom.
The rooted cutting is a hybrid: E. "Climax"
I'm working on figuring out what the parent species are.

The final picture is of all of my pots together, including my original which I have named Heathcliff.

Nice work! Looking at Heathcliff's new friends, I was struck how they look like Christmas Cactus which we have got as Christmas gifts from time to time. None on hand now as I think the last one was left outside & froze a couple years ago.

Looks like Christmas Cactus go by many names:
Holiday Cactus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by Whiski

...Other synonyms[verification needed] include Epiphyllum altensteinii, Schlumbergera truncata var. altensteinii, Zygocactus truncatus var. altensteinii, Epiphyllum bridgesii, Epiphyllum truncatum var. bridgesii, Zygocactus bridgesii, Epiphyllum delicatum, Schlumbergera truncata var. delicata, Zygocactus delicatus, Epiphyllum ruckeri, Epiphyllum ruckerianum, Cactus truncatus, Epiphyllum truncatum.