Christmas Cactus

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mns2lv4ever New Hyde Park, NY(Zone 7a) Feb 17, 2005

Can you propogate christmas cactus by dividing it, or does it have to be by cuttings?

Thanks,
Denise

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bettydee La Grange, TX(Zone 8b) Feb 18, 2005

It is so easy to take cuttings, even larger ones that I've never divided the few I have. I do have about 3 pots that started out as multiple cuttings in the same pot. Those could be divided without damaging the rest.

Cuttings can be as small as 3 or 4 pads per cutting so the overall effect on your mother plant is minimal. A big Christmas catus in bloom is breath taking.

I had one for almost 40 year. I started it as a cutting from my mother's Christmas catus when I was in college. It was one of the few plants that went every where I went. At it's best, it was in an 18" ceramic pot with a width, measured from tip to tip, of about 3' in diameter. When we moved to Texas 3-1/2 years ago, I had to leave it behind. I have a small cutting from it now.

BettyDee