What is the difference between holiday cactus varieties?
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I live in an area where we might get a handful of nights that drop down to the 50s before Christmas; is there another way to get by Christmas Cactus to bloom again?
Hi, Kate. Fertilizing twice a month with a water soluble fertilizer during active growth and keeping it in a room that is dark and cool at night might help it to set buds.
We have a "Christmas" Cactus (looks exactly like your Christam Cactus photos) that is budding now (early November) and will bloom within days. It also blooms around late December and again around Easter. It's been blooming three times a year for many years and continues to amaze us every year.
Thank you, Ken. I always thought I had a 'bi-polar' cactus - blooms when it wants, leaves look like the thanksgiving photo, blossoms look like christmas photo. Confused specimen but loved none-the-less.
I'VE looked everywhere for a True Christmas cactus and can't find 1so can you help me find 1
Our family had a "Keep a Christmas Cactus Alive For A Year" challenge this year. Those that replanted to large containers had a large amount of leaf growth but no flowers. I replanted to a medium size container and watered once a week from the bottom up and have moderate growth with lots of flowers. They sat in the windowsill of a North facing window. It was a fun function for our family with periodic picture updates.
I don't know about the Thanksgiving or Easter cactus, but I have two Christmas Cactus and for the longest time I would only get a sparse few blossoms each December. Then, several years ago, someone told me to put the plants in the closet around the first week of November and take them back out around the first of December because they rely on the shortened days of fall to kick in the blossoming sequence. I live in Georgia near the Florida border and because the weather is mild here, I just put them outside around the middle of October and bring them back into the house around the first week of December. Now, both of my plants have enough blossoms that you can hardly see any green and they are beautiful! Try it because it works!
What kind do I have if mine bloomed for the first time in August?? Lol
That they are kitty safe is a very good thing as my cat thinks they are tasty. The longest I have been able to keep one is a few months and then she'll get it. Darn cat.
I just discovered my Christmas cactus is a Thanksgiving cactus. I've had it 9 years, but it never flowered until last March. I had recently moved it from the kitchen to a seldom used bedroom. About to flower again now. I started a new pot with cuttings last spring. It's also about to flower. I also discovered that if a branch looks poorly, I can just pull off the end 2-3 leaves and put them into soil. One of them from just a few months ago already has a flower bud! However, I also just found out I need to water less frequently. Thank you.