Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cacti General Discussion Forum, 1 by JBerger

JBerger wrote:
Here is the Cacti ID I had told you I was going to post.

The first row the picture that was in the first part of the History of the Christmas Cacti.
R on this one is S. russelliana - Blooms in Jan to Feb
T ou OTS is S. truncata (blooms in Oct. and Nov) and S.orssichiana - (Blooms end of Aug. or in Sept.)
Op. is S.opuntioides and blooms in March or April
____________________________________________________________________________The second row are from three of my stock plants.
The first one is what I purchased as a Christmas Cacti which blooms in Nov. and Dec and Jan.
Question? It looks very much like the Zygo but I see a difference in the length of the leaf. Must be a hybrid of some sort. Never had an ID.

The second or middle leaf is from a plant I got from a woman who brought it from S. Africa and she tells me it is pink. It is starting to bud now.
Question? What is it? to me it looks like a S.russelliana but I am not sure. Could it be a S.opuntioides? I doubt it but the buds will not be out for another month at least.

The third leaf is from my Zygo yellow and it is blooming and has been blooming since Nov.
Question: I am asking these questions so when I sell these babies I can be as accurate as possible on the Tag. Not that most people care, but I do.

I have spent too much time putting this together but I would rather do this than filing. LOL