donnajean

This is the 1st yr. mine was not in bloom fo Xmas. The only thing that was different was the early cold spell & more dry heat coming from the heat vent under the bay window.

meanmom

I had one for years that bloomed a gorgeous pink and white bloom. I got it out of the garbage in a store after CHristmas. I had it for years and it bloomed like crazy. I don't have a good place for plants now so I gave it to my mom. THey need to be in a location that has to proper times of light and dark. When mine was in the living room it didn't bloom much. I kept it in front of a window in an unused bedroom and then it bloomed like crazy. If it is in a room where the lights are on a lot it doesn't know what season it is.

Geri B

This is first year I only got one bloom. Have had her for years and she was prolific....maybe going thru mena.......

BCM

Beautiful!

kyquiltlover1942

My Christmas Cactus that turned 52 years of age on Christmas Day is blooming like crazy. I collect them and all but 3 are blooming. Those 3 should bloom in the spring. I know they should be kept in the dark a certain number of hours a day, but they have a light that comes on every night at 6 and burns until 1, plus the street light gives them light. I don't do any thing special, but I have never heard of the Castor oil. Might try that on my non-bloomers.

mjhaess

That is beautiful...Must be a good year for them. My daughter's had over two hundred blooms that we counted....

4dogs

I have one too....a very OLD one...........so large its in one of those long rectangle pots......actually, I have two pots full........the pink one blooms at Christmas, the red one blooms at Thanksgiving ......always..........how do they know the dates???? I saw a WHITE one in Lowes and I want that one too.........did not know they came in white until I saw it last week..........gonna go buy one if they still have any left..............the ones I have came from some that my mom rooted from my grandmothers plants (lost grandma in 1966, lost mom is 1993 so these are very special to me)...you know, they do root very easily......just stick the "branch" in the good soil and it almost always takes root and you have another plant.......I do love them........a cactus that doesnt bite you.

MargeD

Beautiful - that picture would make a beautiful Christmas card. My Mom had a huge Christmas cactus in a very large crockery jar. When she passed away I took a pot that she had grown from a cutting of the original plant. I kept it alive for 15 years before I decided to be nice and repot it, so that was the end of that plant, unfortunately I found out they love being pot bound too late.

Tiggersmom

Wow, I never heard of that! I'll have to try it.
This year I did put African violet fertilizer water and it started blooming almost instantly! and now it's blooming again.

JanieH

Those pictures, including the quilt, are so inspiring! Maybe I will try one this next year if my cats won't eat it!