Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Veracruz

• County/Municipio

  Coatepec Mun.

• Locality

  at bridge over Rio Pixquiac, vic. Consolapan, 3 km. N of Coatpec on old road to Jalapa

• Elevation

  Alt. 1250 m. (4101 ft.)

• Coordinates

  19.48, -96.95

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of MEXICO
Rhipsalis baccifera (J. Mill.) Stearn
det. N. P. Taylor & D. C. Zappi, 1992
Edo. Veracruz, Mun. Coatepec, at bridge over Rio
Pixquiac, vie. Consolapan, 3 km. N of Coatpec on
old road to Jalapa.
19029'N, 96°57fW	alt. 1250 m.
BOSQUE CADUCIFOLIO. Coffee plantations with
some native deciduous forest trees remaining,
Platanus mexicana, Juglans pyriformis.
Pendant epiphyte, much-branched; stems to 1.5 m.
long, yellow-green, succulent, rooting when in
contact with tree trunk. Fruit readily falling,
pearly white, slightly translucent, with pink
tinge, juicy and slightly gelatinous-sticky
within, to 9 mm long, 7 mm in diameter. Seeds
black.
Coll.: M. Nee 33061
19 Sept. 1986
03890312