Just wanted to show off my pretty cactus.. your welcome to share your pictures of this years bloom...would love to see them..
Beautiful Christmas cactus
here's the second one.
WOW! Gingerose, what is your secret??!!! Those are GORGEOUS! What in the world do you feed them? I want to know so I can give my kinda scrawny (compared to yours) the same food!
Lin
Lovely!
carolvan
Lin ..I just used 20-20-20 durning the summer and then the last week of Oct I quit feeding till the buds start forming...keep them in coolnights and no lights (short days long nights)and they do this every year ..I have a white one getting ready to bloom..I'll post a picture when it is in full bloom..
Faye
What a sight for sore eyes!! Beautiful!
Thanks Faye: One of mine is blooming, the others are budding out ..... but your's just look so lush and healthy! I guess I better start being a better "plant mom" and start feeding my plants ... they might appreciate it!
I have one that used to be a bright pink bloom, but a couple of years ago it began blooming a kind of coral color .... I think some plants "revert" back to whence they came. I have a large variegated hibiscus in my front yard .... years ago it had light pink blooms and 2 years ago I transplanted it to the front yard and the blooms are now a coral color! Weird! I liked the pink better, but I guess the hibiscus wanted to "revert". At least the leaf variegation has remained and not reverted to solid green!
Lin
Gingerose you have some real beauties there! Wow! I could just get lost in those blooms! : )
Nancy
This is a 2 yr old that I bought at Wally world for $2.50..It sits out side on my back patio
I love the shade of pink...My white one is still trying to open I only have a few open but will send a Pictures when its all done
Beautiful gingerose!
Loving my Christmas Cactus in bloom at about 3 ft. across now. I do not have a variety name for this one but I just call it the Bloomin' Fool as it will bloom from now until the end of April non-stop.
WoW SNOW thats beautiful .
.and its the same color as mine .I love that solid pink..thanks for sharing ..
I Know there has to be more plants in bloom come on people share yours with us
Ginger there are several CC threads - this is one in C&S forum and also there is one in house plants I think with lots of pics!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/664242/
Ive posted this elsewhere but here is a collage of some of my blooms.
Thanks for the link ..your Pictures are beautiful
Snowrose,
Geez! Blooming until April? Mine always bloom around Thanksgiving and then have a weak second bloom around beginning of march. Yours is awsome! Must like your cooler temps!
You all DO know that there actually is a true "Christmas Cactus"? The one we all call by that name is more a "Thanksgiving cactus". A true Christmas cactus has a lot more rounded leaves )not so many of those points) and the flowers are a bit fuller. I just cut out an article on it from a magazine--now I cannot find it.
I read somewhere just now also that after the Thanksgiving cactus blooms, one should cut back all the ends and then start fertilizing it. So, I cut all mine back this morning. I hope it will not affect their growth any. All the ends did seem so weak and long.....Now I have a big tray-full of cuttings. Will try to root some of them....
Does anyone else cut theirs back?
I always put mine outside in partial sun and treat them as all my other plants. When the weather gets cold--like into the 40's, I leave them all out another 2 weeks or so. It helps set the flower buds. You don't want them to freeze, but they appreciate the cold weather for a while before being brought inside.
Here's a picture of mine last Fall. Gita
Beautiful, and so healthy Gita..Faye
Gitagal - Wish I knew the variety name of this Christmas cactus. I've grown several over the years, but this one blooms all winter until spring unlike any others I've had. I too would love to find the real old time Christmas cactus with the elongated segments and smooth slightly scalloped edges.
The plant in the photo goes outside in a shady spot for the summer and I bring it in usually in October starting to bud.
Your plant is lovely.
Snowrose
PS: I've never cut it back. Good luck with your cuttings.
Gingerose--I think I read the same item you did about cutting back. When mine bloomed this year--around Thanksgiving (pic attached) --I took off one or two segments from every branch that flowered. It is now putting out a whole new set of buds! It never rebloomed this quick before nor nearly as heavily. I am glad I tried it now--I suffered a bunch of doubt after I saw how big a pile of leaves I had removed. But I have a few rooted now and shared the rest with several people.
