| Scientific Name: | Disocactus ackermannii (& hybrids) |
| Common Name: | orchid cactus, strap cactus |
| Family Name: | Cactaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Succulent or Cacti |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Epiphytic |
| Form: | Weeping |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Glabrous, Deltoid, Other, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Sep-Oct-Nov, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Red, Dark-red |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems with a short rounded base, about 10-16cm long, followed by longer flattened leaf-like portions (or Y-shaped in cross-section in some hybrid cvs.), 10-70cm long and 5-7cm wide with wavy edges; flowers funnel shaped, with many tepals; berry dark red, oval, 2-4cm long. | |