those look great man!!! We have oodles of E. oxy growing around here, if you are wanting any cuttings to try and breed them, just pm me
i got a stack of cuttings sitting by my monitor now waiting for pots lol.
they are for sure self sterile. every time i have tried to self them, nothing comes of it
Last year i did a bunch of attempts at hybridizing this species with dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus) but they did nothing as well, these were just simple pollen swaps though. this year i will try some style grafts and see what comes of that.
the "christmas cactus" we always bought in western canada were almost always of the Zygocactus genus, which is now lumped in with Schlumbergera species.
from cacti guide (a great cacti resource!)
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Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Common Name(s): Dutchman's-Pipe Cactus
Synonym(s): Cereus oxypetalus, Phyllocactus oxypetalus, Cereus latifrons, Epiphyllum latifrons, Phyllocactus grandis, Epiphyllum grande, Epiphyllum acuminatum
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Dutchman's-Pipe Cactus reminds me of a photo i took a couple years ago of flowers the day before opening...i was thinking pipe as well!
another one that may be fun to try hybridizing with is Rhipsalis sp.
so cool to see other cacti philes here
