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If you have several Schlumbergera that bloom at different times or even the same time but different colours, you can start new pots with ...Read More
Holiday cacti are very easy to propagate. Cuttings of 2 or more segments are laid out to dry for about a day, then while maintaining the...Read More
My Christmas Cactus is now a family heirloom and is over 100 years old. It was my Great Grandmothers and I can remember as a boy, seeing...Read More
first of all, to get this plant to bloom, dont bother with the whole 'light-dark/ limited day length thing' i grow it indoors in bright l...Read More
Someone up there said the leaves become red with too much light, this is not allways true, new leaves start off red...almost pink untill ...Read More
My family planted this vine at our new home, in an area of they yard where nothing, not even weeds would grow. We planted it 5 years ago ...Read More
i started off with 2 small clippings of this plant that my neighbor had given me from one of his. (he has about 4 in hanging baskets that...Read More
I have put four of these in my border because they add great colour in the wintertime. They are just starting to bud now, and as long as ...Read More
I bought this plant last year and keep it in my office at work near a large window. The information that came with the plant says to fert...Read More
I have a christmas cactus that I brought last year and it had bloomed last winter and I trimmed it back after it bloomed and now it is st...Read More
Possibly the most popular plant in North America. It is not necessary to put the plant into the dark to force blooming. These plants will...Read More
I never saw any seeds on my plants. I took rooted cuttings from four different colors and put them in one pot. Although they bloom at dif...Read More
We have one in the spare bedroom in a south facing window. Every year for the past few years, since we got it, the plant has bloomed wond...Read More
I think I have this particular variety. A real show stopper when it cranks out the flowers.
I have found in general for the (Crist...Read More
We have here more then 30 pictures, some of the them is TRUE Christmas cactus...Which one? I also think the shape of the flower is also d...Read More
My grandpa has had one of these beautiful plants for years (I need to find out how long and where he got it). Today, I was at his place ...Read More
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Most of the pictures for this plant on this site are the wrong plant! A few are the real thing. Real S...Read More
I have had my Christmas Cactus for over 16 years! I have annually @ least 2 blooms and on a few occasions 3-4 blooms a year!! I will be ...Read More
Would like to find out more about this plant.
Have one from my Mother who died in 1965. It is in a large pot on a bar stool and th...Read More
Common name is Christmas Cactus (hybrid between S. russelliana and S. truncata).
- Latin name is Schlumbergera x buckleyi ...Read More
This plant is an artificially produced hybrid of Schlumbergera russelliana & Schlumbergera truncata
From Norma in Shenandoah Valley of VA
I purchased my plant about 5-6 yrs. ago. Have had good luck with it blooming after ...Read More
I started my plant from cuttings taken from my grandmother's 50+ year old plant in Finland. I have it in Florida and it has been blooming...Read More
A friend gave us a small plant in a 4" pot last year at Christmas. This Christmas it is covered with blooms! Must have at least 35 and ...Read More
I recently bought the "Thanksgiving Cactus," or the crab-clawed pinkish/coral version of this plant. It bloomed for Thanksgiving, and ha...Read More
I have a large, bright-true-red flowered plant that my son gave me for Christmas several years ago that blooms profusely. I always sligh...Read More
hi there,
i took a start from my mother's very successful christmas cactus about 4 years ago.
4 years later, it is EXACTLY...Read More
San Antonio, Tx.
I have never grown one of these plants, but was going to give some tips on how to induce blooming. Because the p...Read More
I have a Christmas Cactus that is at least 65 years old and came down through my husband's family. How much older we don't know. It wa...Read More
I've had my plant for nine years and it gets more magnificent every year. It blooms around Christmas and then again in March. Right now i...Read More
Like the "Thanksgiving Cactus" and "Easter Cactus" S. x buckleyi has arching foliage with brilliant flowers that cascade in whorls...Read More
I have a huge (12" diameter pot) that I got as a cutting from my great-great-grandmother's plant 12 years ago.
Oh, yes and yes, again! Right now there are around ten of these(different shades in the blooms) and they tend to thrive much better in th...Read More
I live in north-central Florida (U.S.), and in the summer it gets extremely hot here. I had mine in the house and it was doing well, howe...Read More
In my Zone 9 garden I have these plants growing in a sheltered area hanging from an oak tree - they always bloom and have never failed.
In order to get the Christmas Cactus to bloom it has to be in a cooler temperature, for example, on a window sill. It will not bloom if k...Read More
S. x buckleyi is the common and old fashioned "Christmas Cactus" that your grandmother may have had, blooming at Christmas or a li...Read More
This is the true "Christmas Cactus", not to be confused with Schlumbergera truncata, which is often referred to as "Holiday Cactus...Read More