Please Help Identify

[Jacs]

Hello,

Please could you help ID my plant.
It is not doing well at all and I do not know what is wrong or how to fix it. Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks
Jacs

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[greenknight]

Hard to be sure, but probably a Rhipsalis. It's an epiphyte, a forest cactus. Have you been treating it like a desert cactus? They need less sun and more moisture than desert cacti. Looks like there's some life left, give it shade and water and it might survive.

See: https://libguides.nybg.org/mistletoecactus

[anttisepp]

Seems like it was eated alive to death by red mite

[Jacs]

I had a look at the Rhipsalis but it is definately not that one. When it was healthy it is green and hairy. It looks like tarantula legs. Here is anoth photo of it. Its still small and I hope I can keep it alive.

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[anttisepp]

Mb it was Rhipsalidopsis rosea...

[greenknight]

Mb it was Rhipsalidopsis rosea...

That could be. The idea about red spider mites is also a possibility. Regular misting can eliminate red spider mite problems, and epiphytic cacti will benefit from the humidity anyway.

Pretty sure it's some kind of an epiphyte. The hair-like spines don't eliminate Rhipsalis as a possibility - it's a large genus, and some of them do have those. Most of them have longer stem segments, though, those are more like Rhipsalidopsis rosea - but it usually has a purple tint to the stems.

Give it partial shade (morning sun is good, but not hot afternoon sun), mist it, and I expect it will recover. Once it gets healthy, maybe it can be IDed with more confidence.

[esp_imaging]

Give it a proper watering, so tall the soil mix is thoroughly wet. It may show signs of new life quickly afterwards.