rattail cactus

or rat's tail cactus

A cactus (Disocactus flagelliformis) of Mexico and Central America having thin drooping stems and brilliant dark pink flowers, often cultivated as a houseplant.

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rattail cactus - commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days

Aporocactus flagelliformis, rat's-tail cactus

cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

Aporocactus, genus Aporocactus - small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico

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* The plants: (A) Adenanthos sericea, (B) Sedum morganianum, (C) rattail cactus (Aporocactus flagellifarmis).