The dance of falling flowers usually blooms from May to June. Epiphyllum usually blooms from April to May.
Of course, if you plant a pot of fake Epiphyllum and a pot of falling flowers on the balcony, they may bloom at the same time at the end of May. How to distinguish?
The dancing plants of falling flowers are mostly branched and grow in clumps. Their leaves are thick and fleshy, usually with 3-5 edges. They also have flat or irregular edges and edges with purplish red edges.
Its flowers are smaller and the receptacle is quadrangular. The flower tube is short, the petals are single-layer, and the petals are arranged regularly and orderly. The flower is pink, very similar to that of pseudoepiphyllum, which is not easy to distinguish. It is more accurate to distinguish from the stem nodes.
The petals of pseudoepiphyllum are narrow and straight. When flowering, the petals are extended to all sides on average, and the shape is like an open umbrella. The petals are regular and orderly. The flower tube is short, and the color is pure red and peach red.
The node stem edge is round toothed, green, the tender leaf stem is purplish red, green gradually after adulthood, the edge is dark red.
The dance of falling flowers also has a lot of colors and has a fragrance. The flower of false Epiphyllum is usually bright red and tasted elegant.
The nodes (leaves) of the dancing stems of falling flowers are in the shape of arris, generally with three or four arrises, no more than five arrises, and the arrises are also purplish red. Under the grafting condition, the thick flat stem nodes can be seen.
The stem nodes (leaves) of pseudoepiphyllum are flat and oval, and the leaf margin is flat and purplish red.