--- title: "Need help identifying this. I’ve never known exactly what this was,…" description: "Need help identifying this. I’ve never known exactly what this was, but just recently joined & want to categorize it. Thought it might be a rhipsalis variety…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/2Y4_iBW5TyKfK26cPzflDA" community: "Plant Identification" author: "Ash" published: "2024-10-28T02:08:36.875903Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Nk-JA92VjHAecZnSBpKcvZAnCGOFZexitpOMsYa_FZc/TY4XMpXjSiiORyEnVHIEvA.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Plant Identification](https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA.md) # Need help identifying this. I’ve never known exactly what this was,… _Posted by Ash on 2024-10-28_ Need help identifying this. I’ve never known exactly what this was, but just recently joined \& want to categorize it. Thought it might be a rhipsalis variety or a cactus teres, but every search on the internet just gives me a vague “mistletoe cactus” without any specifics. Any help would be appreciated. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Nk-JA92VjHAecZnSBpKcvZAnCGOFZexitpOMsYa_FZc/TY4XMpXjSiiORyEnVHIEvA.webp?size=large) ## 4 comments ### Shamana commented on 2024-10-28 Looks like a mistletoe cactus ### Adrian commented on 2024-10-28 Here’s all of Planta’s IDs for the Mistletoe Cacti. There’s about 5 different varieties that resemble yours, so you can look between them and hold them up to yours and see which one resembles yours the most. Definitely agree that it’s a mistletoe cactus. The good news is that since you’re just looking for a variety, even if you pick one that isn’t the exact variety you have, the care instructions should be very close, if not the same across the different types. Hope this helps! ### Zz commented on 2024-10-28 Down here in the south, we called that a pencil cactus ### Simone commented on 2025-02-03 Rhipsalis baccifera! --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_