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

Gitagal wrote:
Linda---

Is this what you call "onion vine"? I call it "Climbing Onion"... have had it for years!!!
It is a slow grower--as there are big "onions" it grows from. The only way it can be propagated is removing
one of the "onions" when, and IF, they split. Mine finally split a year ago. before that, I had already shared
one of the :onions: with someone who said she had been looking for this plant for 3 years!

The Purple Passion vine needs full sun or very bright light to show the deep purple it is known for.
Maybe in your G-House, in the winter, there just was not enough light.
It also is one of these plants that just does not like too much water. Kind of touch and go on the watering it.

I am also growing a little Easter cactus. It is doing well and putting out new growth. I have a bigger one I have had for years.
I do not know a lot about its care--it seems to do its own thing...
Maybe, after it blooms this year, I will take some tip sections off and root those.

Here is my Climbing Onion..It is NOW that it grows all these fronds. I have it on a small windowsill in my laundry room--
along with a zillion Pregnant Onions. The climbing onion has obliterated the whole window with its winter
growth of fronds. They are very delicate--and break off easily.