Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Disocactus phyllanthoides, Nopalxochitl or German Empress, is a species of Cactaceae and is commonly grown as an ornamental cactus pot plant. It is one of the three major species involved in creating the widely grown Orchid Cactus or "Epies". The others are Disocactus speciosus and Epiphyllum crenatum. Phyllanthoides (lat.) = similar to phyllanthus. This species was among the first flat stemmed species to be described and the name recalls that it is similar to the first described flat-stemmed cactus Cactus phyllanthus today - Epiphyllum phyllanthus. Some authors state that this plant first flowered in the garden of Chateau de Malmaison, belonging to the late Empress Josephine de Beauharnais. This could explain some of the popular names such as German Empress, Deutsche Kaiserin, Giant Empress, Drottningkaktus (Swedish for Queen's Cactus). This story could be a myth.

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