The biggest problem with growing orchid cacti is figuring out just what they are. They are cacti, but are not spiny. Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchid-like. Sometimes orchid ...

Grow an orchid cactus and be rewarded with spectacular scarlet, pink and white blooms. Sometimes called epies, short for epiphyllums, the tropical plants are not really orchids. They love moisture and ...

Inga and Werner Opitz had given up on their flowering cactus. It hadn’t bloomed in 16 years. “We were so upset,” said Inga, 89. “We were ready to throw it out.” The north Everett couple bought the ...

A. The orchid cactus is a beautiful flowering plant that does not fit the typical idea we associate with cacti. The Epiphyllum orchid cactus is a rain forest dweller, not a desert inhabitant. This ...