rattail cactus

rattail cactus

or rat's tail cactusn. 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 daysAporocactus flagelliformis, rat's-tail cactuscactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinesAporocactus, genus Aporocactus - small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico