Meet Epiphyllum 'Pegasus,' a gorgeous cactus blooming outside of the LaGrippe Orchid Garden. 🩷 This epiphytic cactus is native to South and Central America, favoring humid and tropical environments over typical cacti homes - the desert. Using its roots, Epiphyllum will grab onto a tree to support its long, flimsy stems. This means it has an 'epiphytic' growth habit. The term epiphytic comes from the Greek epi- (meaning 'upon') and phyton (meaning 'plant'). Epiphyllum is an epiphyte, so it will