{"id":363,"date":"2021-09-05T17:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T17:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shacarah.com\/epiphyticcacti\/?p=363"},"modified":"2021-09-05T17:48:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T17:48:20","slug":"a-chat-about-strophocactus-wittii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shacarah.com\/epiphyticcacti\/information\/a-chat-about-strophocactus-wittii\/","title":{"rendered":"A chat about Strophocactus wittii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While this plant is rare in cultivation it is not endangered or even near threatened according to the IUCN: https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/151848\/121570462<\/a>.

The rarity of this plant in cultivation is likely due to where it grows and the difficulty of growing it. It only grows in Brazil on the banks of the Rio Negro in the Amazon Rainforest. The plant is extremely unique in that wraps its branches around the trunks of trees in what would be a shingling growth habit. It floods quite often where it grows which leads to a really interesting scenario of surviving periods of submersion. Another unique trait as you can see in the photos below is it will turn shades of red and purple in high light conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n