Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Crab Cactus (Schlumbergera truncata)

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1cros3nails4gvn Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Jan 08, 2007

Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Crab Cactus
Schlumbergera truncata

red christmas cactus beginning to make seed pod

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sheilaglider Orlando, FL Aug 10, 2007

once you get the seed pod how long before you can take it off the plant or does it come off by its self? and what do you do to plant the seeds

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1cros3nails4gvn Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Aug 10, 2007

i'm not sure... the pod is still on there...now its hot pink

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sheilaglider Orlando, FL Aug 11, 2007

after christmas blooms all went away after christmas it started as a flower then became like a rubbery pod. all the years i have had christmas cactus i have never seen this before so i wasnt sure what it was till i seen your picture. so now i dont khow what to do.it has been on my plant since around januaryand is not changing do drying out or nothing it stays the same. so any information that you can give me will be apreciated

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1cros3nails4gvn Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Aug 11, 2007

i wish i had info to give. im just as slueless as you are. mine was outside, and it is not on the plant anymore. idk whether it fell off or if something took it off, but there is no trace of it anywhere. sry i couldnt help. maybe you could post that in the cacti and succulents forum.
-dhs

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sheilaglider Orlando, FL Aug 15, 2007

thanks for the help that you did give me . i know now that it is a seed pod thats more than i knew in the begining if i happen to find out anything else i will let you know again thanks

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1cros3nails4gvn Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Aug 15, 2007

oh you're welcome

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Sep 16, 2007

This is not Christmas, but rather Thanksgiving Cactus http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54235/ Christmast Cactus has rounded lobes, not pointy claws.

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1cros3nails4gvn Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Sep 16, 2007

thanksfor the correction! how do i fix it?

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Sep 16, 2007

Go back to your original photo http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/137273/ and click the "Report an error" box up and to the right of the picture. Explain it was posted incorrectly and belongs at http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54235/

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mystic Ewing, KY(Zone 6a) Sep 16, 2007

I just happened to see this post. The photo has been moved. Thanks

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