This is the most widely distributed cacti in the world, with a range of tropical South America, tropical Africa, Madagascar, and islands in the Indian Ocean. It is also a garbage can species with many othe former species tossed in. It can be an epiphyte (grow in trees) or be a shrub in the ground. The spineless stems are green and round. The flowers are small and white to dirty white. These plants are rooted offsets in 4-inch pots.
