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title: "Can someone help me identify this plant? One scan of the plant calls…"
description: "Can someone help me identify this plant? One scan of the plant calls it a dancing bones, another calls it a pencil cactus, a third called it a mistletoe…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/PfH5Mc42Bs6xbTGMCoxDGm"
community: "Plant Identification"
author: "George"
published: "2025-07-12T19:16:37.167503Z"
language: "en"
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# Can someone help me identify this plant? One scan of the plant calls…

_Posted by George on 2025-07-12_

Can someone help me identify this plant? One scan of the plant calls it a dancing bones, another calls it a pencil cactus, a third called it a mistletoe cactus. When i google images of these three plants, they all seem to look the same to me but their care seems different. The label on the pot says “cactus” so… i could use some help! Many thanks in advance

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/nqAMolNFYBcidScZ5elGWTrIDWvlNAL70oNn-caYEJ8/QjO6e85kT-aPl84b9T7M0A.webp?size=large)

## 10 comments

### Llets commented on 2025-07-12

Can you post another picture that’s a little closer to the plant please?

#### George replied on 2025-07-16

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/nqAMolNFYBcidScZ5elGWTrIDWvlNAL70oNn-caYEJ8/kdwOFTcqT4OdURE9tVOPbA.webp?size=large)

#### Lisa Anglim replied on 2025-07-17

Yeah this looks just like my dancing bones. It’s a rhipsalis but I don’t know which one

#### George replied on 2025-07-17

Many thanks!

### Jessica C. commented on 2025-07-12

Have you tried asking ChatGPT? I use it when this app doesn’t find things and it seems to be very accurate 😊

### Kira commented on 2025-07-12

I think it's a pencil cactus

### Kelly commented on 2025-07-12

Whatever it is I love it!

### Lisa Anglim commented on 2025-07-13

I think it’s a rhipsalis. Called dancing bones. It looks just like mine.

### Allie commented on 2025-07-19

I think it’s Hatiora salicornioides. Which used to be classified as a rhipsalis but I guess they reclassified it

### Lil’ Plant Mama commented on 2026-05-30

It is a Rhipsalis. I had one, it was dubbed a pencil cactus.

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