Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cacti general Discussionpart #4. , 0 by IndaShade

IndaShade wrote:
Nurseries aren't always careful to plant the same color Schlumbergera together in the pot. Is it possible that those colors could have been mixed in with the ones you bought and they just didn't bloom until this year?

Alot of people think exposing your Christmas Cactus to cold temps will help induce buds. While this doesn't hurt them (and may in fact, hinder bud production), it will give your whites and yellows a pink cast.

I grew a batch of Schlumbergera from seed starting in 2010, and I have two selected for future introduction. I had a hard time capturing the color of this one, but it is a bright soft yellow and orange blend that I am calling Keystone Carnival Lights. It will be late summer-fall before I have any to offer though.