‘Gaertneri Giant’
Photo: Rainbow Gardens 
Photo: Rainbow Gardens 
Photo: Rainbow Gardens 
Photo: Dr. Ira Slade
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Gaertneri Giant' | SRL-Rhi-XXXX-099 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Epi Center | USA |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| pod parent unknown | pollen parent unknown | red |
| Color temperature sensitive | Flower length | Flower width | Petal form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurved | Stamen color | Style color | Fruit color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit edged | Flower description | Phylloclades length | Phylloclades width |
|---|---|---|---|
| petals are red with a faint orange midline. Flower length is 7 cm. and width is 8 cm. Petals are narrow with pointed tips. Frontal view petal count is 15. Stigma is orange red with 5 white stigma lobes. Filaments are pale red violet, incurved surrounding the pistil. Ovary is 1.3 cm., 5 deep ribs, bronze mid green on a star shape. |
| Reference | Comments | Grower | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illustration in: T. Hashizume’s Epiphyllums & Other Related Genera Pt. II: 112, 1985. California Epi Center Catalog, 87/88: 32. Rainbow Gardens Catalog, 95/96: 20 & earlier catalogs; Meier 1995: 22; E.B. Hoare Notes: B1-12 | very long, 8 cm. or greater phylloclades are deep green, with 4, bristless areoles per side. Linear areole has red-brown, hair-like bristles. New growth has temporary, faint, hair -like bristles in the lateral areoles. |